Logistics Systems Design: Computer Aided Layout

12/10/98


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Table of Contents

Logistics Systems Design: Computer Aided Layout

CAL Overview

CAL Definition

Layout Computer Programs

Block Layout Design Programs

CAL Advantages

CAL Disadvantages

Evaluation of CAL Usage

CAL Overview

ALDEP and CRAFT Layouts

Ancient Block Layout Programs

Ancient Program Characteristics

ALDEP Characteristics

ALDEP Serpentine Location Pattern

ALDEP Design of Experiments

ALDEP Evaluation

Tompkins Example Department Data

Tompkins Example Relationship Data

ALDEP Layout for the Tompkins Example

ALDEP Adjacency Matrix for the Tompkins Example

CRAFT Characteristics

CRAFT Design of Experiments

CRAFT Evaluation

CRAFT Layout for Tompkins Example (Initial Layout)

CRAFT Layout for Tompkins Example (Exchange 1)

CRAFT Layout for Tompkins Example (Exchange 2)

No Cohesion Cost Illustrations

CORELAP Characteristics

CORELAP Design of Experiments

CORELAP Evaluation

CORELAP Partial Layouts for Tompkins Example

CORELAP Partial Layouts for Tompkins Example (2)

CORELAP Layout for Tompkins Example

CORELAP Boundary Distance Matrix

CAL Overview

BLOCPLAN Characteristics

BLOCPLAN: Tompkins Final Layout (Qualitative Data)

BLOCPLAN: Tompkins Final Layout (Numerical Data)

PLANOPT

PLANOPT: Tompkins Final Layout

PLANOPT: Furniture Final Layout

CAL Overview

SPIRAL Characteristics

SPIRAL Design of Experiments for Graph Phase

SPIRAL Design of Experiments for Layout Phase

SPIRAL Evaluation

Hexagonal Adjacency Graph

Hexagonal Graph Properties

Relationships with the Outside

Spiral Tompkins: Asymmetric Relationship Matrix

Spiral Tompkins: Symmetric Relationship Matrix

Spiral Tompkins: Sorted Binary Relationship List

Initial (Binary) Pair

Three Departments

Four Departments

Five Departments

Six Departments

Seven Departments

Adjacency Matrix

Adjacency Score

Matrix Block Layout Skeleton

Department Variables in the Block Layout

Distance Score

Shape Ratio

Spiral Tompkins:Binary, No Exchange Graph

Spiral Tompkins: Level, No Exchange, Layered Layout

Spiral Tompkins: Binary, 3 Exchange Graph

Spiral Tompkins: Up, No Exchange, Layered Layout

Spiral Tompkins: Up, Steepest 3 Exchange, Layered Layout

Spiral Small Parts Example: Department Data

Spiral Small Parts Example: Original Relationship Data

Spiral Small Parts Example: Symmetric Relationship Data

Spiral Small Parts Example: Adjusted Binary Relationships

Spiral Small Parts Example: Sorted Binary Relationships

Spiral Small Parts Example: Two Department Graph

Spiral Small Parts Example: Three Department Graph

Spiral Small Parts Example: Four Department Graph

Spiral Small Parts Example: Five Department Graph

Spiral Small Parts Example: Adjacency Matrix and Score

Spiral Small Parts Example: Downwards Layout

Spiral Small Parts Example: Distance Matrix

Spiral Small Parts Example: Shape Penalty

Spiral Small Parts Example: No Exchange, Layered Layout

Spiral Small Parts Example: Best Layered Layout

Spiral Small Parts Example: Best Tiled Layout

Spiral Small Parts Example: Layout Summary Statistics

Spiral Furniture: Ternary 2 Exchange Centroid Graph

Spiral Furniture: Level, Steepest 3 Exchange, Layered Layout

Spiral Complex: Max Shape Ratio = 2.5, Layered

CAL Overview

LayOPT Characteristics

Space-Filling Curve

Space-Filling Curves of Successively Increasing Level

Space-Filling Curve Examples

LayOPT: Tutor Space-Filling Curve

LayOPT: Tutor Initial Layout

LayOPT: Tutor Improved Layout

Perimeter Complexity Factor

Shape Ratio versus Perimeter Complexity Factor

LayOPT: Tutor Manual Layout

LayOPT Design of Experiments

LayOPT Evaluation

LayOPT: Tompkins Space-Filling Curve

LayOPT: Tompkins Initial Layout

LayOPT: Tompkins Final Layout, Max Shape Ratio = 6.0

LayOPT: Furniture Space-Filling Curve

LayOPT: Furniture Initial Layout

LayOPT: Furniture Improved Layout, Max Shape Ratio = 3.5

CAL Overview

Material Handling Layout

Aisles Characteristics

Extended SLP

Aisle and Station Graph

From Block to Material Handling Layout

Unidirectional Aisles

Bi-directional Aisles

Unidirectional & Factoring

Bi-directional & Minimum Empty Travel

CAL Overview

FactoryXXX Characteristics

FactoryFLOW: Flow Intensity Display

FactoryFLOW Layout

FactoryOPT Relationship Diagram

CAL Overview

Program Classification

Program Characteristics

Annual Buyers Guide

Conclusions & Challenges

Author: Marc Goetschalckx

Email: marc.goetschalckx@isye.gatech.edu

Home Page: www.isye.gatech.edu/~mgoetsch/index.html

Other information:
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 765 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 3033-0205 tel +1-404-894-2317 fax +1-404-894-2301