WORK AREA AND MATERIAL FLOW LAYOUT DESIGN
ASSIGNMENT
PROBLEM: Illustrate with a drawing the relationship between the overall flow pattern
of material and an individual workplace utilized to produce one part.
SOLUTION: Select a part (real or fiction)
Determine the operations needed to make the
part (no more than 6-8 operations)
REQUIRED: List all operations on your drawing
Draw the overall material and part flow patterns
Draw an individual workplace for one operation
noting how materials or parts flow in and how
parts leave the area. Be sure to detail
everything operators and material handlers must
do to materials and parts in this workplace.
Address each design item listed on the assignment
and handout sheets.
MATERIALS: "B" size drawing paper
Drawing instruments or CAD system
Text pages
EVALUATED: Neatness
Completeness
Dimensions
Title
Scale
List of operations
Captions and titles of all flow systems and
workplace objects