CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Designing of Operational Systems and Control
A manufacturer of automobile components produces a wide variety of low-volume parts, each needing a different sequence of machines. Which facility layout is most suitable?
A process (functional) layout is most suitable because the firm makes many different low-volume parts with varying machine sequences. Grouping similar machines together gives the flexibility to route each job differently, whereas a product layout suits standardised high-volume production with one fixed sequence.
- AProduct (line) layout
- BProcess (functional) layoutCorrect
- CFixed-position layout
- DCellular layout dedicated to a single product
Explanation
High variety and low volume with differing routings call for grouping similar machines together, which is the process layout. A product layout suits standardised, high-volume output with a fixed sequence, so it is wrong here.
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