The current manuscript focuses on the importance of optimising facilities layout planning in order to meet the high demands of customer satisfaction. An analysis of a machine workshop layout was carried out to assess optimality of its performance. An alternate layout that considers strategic methods currently used by competitive and successful companies was developed and compared with the existing layout. AutoCAD software was used in drawing both the existing layout and the proposed layout. The software used for comparing the existing layout and alternate layout was Flow Pro-Planner, which largely compares the distance travelled and the time taken by the material between the two layouts. The results showed that the proposed layout significantly reduce travel times and distances, hence elimination of waste. Implementation of the proposed layout is envisaged to increase profits without any further investment in any assets.

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