DESIGN AND COST ANALYSIS OF MOLD MAKING FACILITY AT GHANI GLASS INDUSTRY

It is important for the manufacturing and service industry to reduce their costs and expenses to maintain a sustainable position in the global marketplace. Selecting the right manufacturing strategy and planning is a critical decision for production managers in the industry. The layout problems generally exist in the manufacturing industries. In the industries the layout problems deals with the facilities like departments, machines etc. As a case study, this paper presents a machine shop producing molds for local based bottles production industry. The mold making machine shop capacity is enhanced to fulfill the annual requirement by minimizing travel distance, removal of bottlenecks during production, material handling and losses. Firstly, several layouts were generated using Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) and efficiency rate is calculated. The cost analysis of the modified layout was calculated by giving a payback period also. The results show that the proposed layout performs efficiently for the annual demand