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Study about the spatial planning of production resources and the creation of specialized space for storing outdoor furniture products

Sourmelakis Stylianos

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The production process is defined as the sum of all the sequential operations needed to create a specific product or service, usually in large amounts. It can be thought as a process of transforming resources into products. The resources needed to produce a product can be divided into two categories. The first category includes the materials that are transformed to create the product or an intermediate product, while in the second category are included the means that are used to transform the resources from the first category, i.e. human resources and machinery. During an operation that constitutes part of the production process, a number of materials or intermediate products are used by the second type of resources to execute part of the production process and create part of the final product or another intermediate product. To produce a specific product many such processes may be needed, having different execution times, and requiring extra space for storing products at an intermediate stage, so that they can be used in the next production station. Moreover, depending on the demand for a specific product storage space management is required to allow its smooth coverage.The spatial planning of a production line inside an existing space, the correct programming of the optimal placement of storage spaces for final and intermediate products so that the production stations are correctly served, is a crucial problem of modern industry, especially for smaller companies. Good spatial planning of production stations and storage spaces can have beneficial effects for the exploitation of storage space, the flow of resources between production stations, better working conditions, and improvement of production time.In this study the problem of creating specialized storage space for a small outdoor furniture production company is addressed. Based on the current spatial planning of their production line the optimal usage of extra space is studied, to host extra storage space and part of the production line. The optimal placement of specific production stations is performed with regard to the existing safety regulations and the optimization of the production process, that will offer increased economic benefits to the company.

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