Smart and Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management in Industry 4.0

7  Layout and Location Strategies

Adem Erik and Yusuf Kuvvetli

DOI: 10.1201/9781003180302-7

CONTENTS

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.1.1 Facility Location Problem
• 7.1.2 Facility Layout Problem
• 7.1.3 Facility Allocation Problem
• 7.2 Smart Layout and Location Strategies
• 7.3 Sustainable Layout and Location Strategies
• 7.4 Case Study
• 7.5 Acknowledgements
• 7.6 References

7.1 Introduction

One of the strategic decisions for production and service businesses is the facility-planning problem. Facility planning emerges as a problem that needs to be carefully considered due to the complex decisions involved. In order for a facility to have operational excellence in its supply chain, it must take into account many criteria. These are flexibility, modularity, upgradability, ...