relationship diagramming
- 1. RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAMMING DESIGNING PROCESS LAYOUT TANYA SINHA 17PMM636 MATERIAL OPERATION MANAGEMENT NIPER, S.A.S NAGAR
- 2. MUTHER’S GRID Used in situations for which quantitative data are difficult to obtain or don't address the layout problem Richard Muther developed a format for displaying manager preference for departmental locations , known as MUTHER’S GRID The preference grid information in coded into 6 categories associated with 5 vowels (A, E , I , O , U) PLUS THE LETTER X
- 3. RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM: Is a schematic diagram that uses weighted lines to denote location preference The thickest line identify closeness ratings with highest priority Undesirable closeness ratings are marked with zigzagged lines Thin lines representing (1 or 2 strands, unimportant or okay) can be of any length and hence may be eliminated. (a) : production and shipping and receiving are located too far from stockroom Offices and locker room are located too close
- 4. Important that shipping and receiving located next to production Absolutely necessary that stockroom be located next to production Especially important that locker room be located next to production It is okay if offices are located next to production Diamond shape grid This info is used to construct RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM The vowels match the 1st letter of the closeness rating for locating 2 departments next to each other PREFERENCE GRID INFORMATION Absolutely necessary that toolroom be located next to production
- 5. Takes a load summary chart and block diagrams as input and then makes pairwise exchanges of departments until no improvements in cost or non adjacency can be foundCRAFT Computerized Relative Allocation Of Facilities Technique COMPUTERIZED LAYOUT SOLUTIONS To Prevent Cumbersomeness Uses nonquantitative input and relationship diagrams Used for up to 45 departments CORELAP Computerized relationship layout planning
- 6. Service layout Most services use process layout due to variability in customers request for service May have different objectives than manufacturing layouts Instead of minimizing flow of material through the system, services may seek to minimize the flow of customers or the paperwork example SLIM, COSMOS ETC Computerized version used 01 02 03 04
- 7. Thanks! Any questions? Reference: Operations Management 4th Edition By Roberta S. Russell And Bernard W. Taylor Iii , Page 169-171