K.V. Chandratre

Dr. K.N. Nandurkar

Abstract

In today's economy, manufacturing plants must be able to operate efficiently and respond quickly to changes in the product mix and demand. Layout design has a significant impact on manufacturing efficiency [6]. Initially it was treated as static decision but due to improvement in technologies, it is possible to rearrange the manufacturing facilities in different scenarios [12]. A comprehensive review of the research work for dynamic layout planning has been undertaken in this paper with a study of different algorithms to optimize it. Hybrid algorithms can also be used to optimize the plant layout. An attempt has also been done to categorize the literature with possible future research areas.

Keywords- Dynamic layout, Algorithm, Optimization, Facility layout, Hybrid Algorithm,