Text Illustrations in PPT Chapter 3 - Flow Systems, Activity Relationships and Space Requirements Facilities Planning, 4 th Edition James A. Tompkins, Tompkins Associates, Inc. ISBN: 978 -0 -470 -44404 -7
FLOW SYSTEMS fig_03_01 Logistics system.
fig_03_02 Materials management system.
fig_03_03 Material flow system.
fig_03_04 Physical distribution system
MATERIAL FLOW SYSTEMS A- Flow within Workstations B- Flow within Departments fig_03_05 Flow within product departments. (a) End-to-end. (b) Back-to-back. (c) Frontto-front. (d ) Circular. (e) Odd-angle.
fig_03_06 Flow within process departments. (a) Parallel. (b) Perpendicular. (c) Diagonal.
Flow within Product and Process Departments with Material Handling Considerations fig_03_07 The line flow pattern.
fig_03_08 The spine flow pattern.
fig_03_09 The loop flow pattern.
fig_03_10 The tree flow pattern.
C- Flow between Departments fig_03_11 Flow within a department considering the locations of input/output (a) At the same location. (b) On adjacent sides. (c) On the same side. (d ) On opposite sides. points.
fig_03_17 Flow planning hierarchy.
fig_03_18 The impact of interruptions on flow paths. (a) Uninterrupted flow paths. (b) Interrupted flow paths.
fig_03_19 Illustration of how backtracking impacts the length of flow paths.
fig_03_20 Illustration of how backtracking impacts the length of flow paths.