Review Of Attractors-Repeller Approach For Facility Layout Design (Case study at PT. Solo Grafika Utama)
Abstract
Facility layout is important factor to be considered because of its big and long term
effect toward production cost incurred. This research analyzes performance of
Attractors-Repeller approach for facility layout design. Attractors-Repeller approach
is development of Non-Linear optimization Layout Technique which contributes to
simplify phase one and two of Non-Linear optimization Layout Technique in single
mathematical model. This simplification expected to provide better initial starting
point for phase three so that it can be solved efficiently using suitable optimization
algorithm. The objective of this research is to explore the behavior of Attractor
Repeller approach for facility layout design and find the factor which determines that
behavior. Case study in PT. Solo Grafika Utama gives a condition in where, from
fifteen departments included, only seven departments that are able to move. In this
case study, Attractors-Repeller approach succeeds to provide improvement only when
overlap occurs. There is a trend in where material handling cost improvement leads to
increase the number of overlap. Overlap occurs because assumption of target distance
when value of α reduced is smaller.
Keywords: facility layout, Attractor-Repeller, Non-Linear optimization Layout
Technique.
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