Resolving Facility Layout Issues in an Ontario Bakery Using CRAFT with Numerous Departments and Probabilistic Rack Movement

Li, Jamy; Penaranda, Karen

Abstract

A bakery in Ontario had rack disorder and storage issues due to facility layout problems. A Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique (CRAFT) analysis was performed with twenty departments and two conditional (probabilistic weighted) racking routes in a cost matrix to indicate the likelihood that a new rack would be needed on a given route. CRAFT’s revised layout had two racking areas (one nearby, one distant) that optimized the flow for all product routes with a 26 % improvement in total movement cost, which may increase production and reduce racking issues in the bakery.

Citation

Li, J., & Penaranda, K. (2024, May). Resolving Facility Layout Issues in an Ontario Bakery Using CRAFT with Numerous Departments and Probabilistic Rack Movement. Presented at 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Toronto, Canada

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS)
• Start Date: May 15, 2024
• End Date: May 17, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Jan 15, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jun 19, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 15, 2024
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS)
• ISBN: 979-8-3503-1580-6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ichms59971.2024.10555632