Plant Design, Layout Plant,
Factory Layout Design, Plant Layout

Plant Design, Plant Layout, or the arrangement of people, materials and machines
is at the very heart of productivity
in an organization of any size, engaged in just about any endeavor.

Which issue does your organization face?

• Consolidate operations or facilities; merge
• Relieve a jam-packed plant
• Rearrange to cut through a wasteful "spaghetti" flow
• Grow, add output, capacity and utilization
• Simplify material, product and personnel movement
• Start an entirely new operation

In all of these challenges, a good layout is part of the answer.

Layout projects can be lengthy and complex, but often are smaller and quite straightforward. JPR welcomes your inquiry about either variety. The inevitable result of a layout is a relocation, and JPR has the experience, and proprietary checklists, guides, and plans, to direct relocation to a successful, non-intrusive result.

Read on for good ideas. It may be your people have the ability, and the time, to complete an effective layout quickly, but when you need a hand, let's talk.

Call Jack Greene at 843-422-1298

JPR can assist to create layouts to meet your physical circumstances, objectives, timetable, budget.There is no cost nor obligation for preliminary discussion.

or, e-mail us

What Now?

Layout is not just about fitting workstations into a building floor plan, because no two facilities or processes are the same. There will not be a template on the web, or a standard floor plan, that matches your situation. But together we can find a better layout.

JPR services include hands-on layout, or we can lead or participate in a project, or train your resources so that you will have an in-house capability. We also provide for the inevitable result of a new layout, the move itself. Our checklists and plans will ease the subsequent move.

Free Layout Guide

JPR offers a free layout guide, five articles and nineteen pages, Perhaps this summary will be enough for your project. Please click on the link to receive the free articles by email, providing your name and address. Tell me some information about your situation and layout objectives, and I'll include other information focused on that feature. Request a no-obligation discussion if you'd like.

Our Amazon book,

Jack Greene has just published, on Amazon: Plant Design, Facility Layout, Floor Planning. For information on this book, both print and Kindle, please click on

The preface reads,

"This book will guide your organization through practical strategic and hands-on instruction, enable creation of new productive layouts quickly and smoothly within the physical constraints of the facility, as well as
* Consider and optimize factors which extend the layout's contribution now and through the years.
* Extend the technical capabilities of your staff .
* Improve project management by highlighting which practices to utilize and which missteps to avoid.

Facility layouts and floor plans tend to be replaced infrequently, because a revision can be expensive and cause disruption as it is installed. But a thoughtful layout can achieve many efficiencies in a new or existing facility.

Oh yes. If you want a universal template or layout or formula, this book won't help much. I'm sorry but there is no single quick fix, because equipment, process, flow, and building plans have such a major effect on layout and they vary widely. Twenty six layout examples are included however which offer guidance, but the variable factors in your facility will be unique, so your layout will be unique. This book will assist you to create that unique, cost-effective layout."

Should you use consultant services, or design a layout in house?

The answer depends on your own resources. And it is not just a question of their technical ability. Do they have time available to devote to the project? JPR is experienced, and our priority is to perform the project.

JPR can develop layout options and provide technical expertise to meet the organization's objectives, capabilities, time frame, and budget alone, or in conjunction with your people.

Please call to discuss what fits for your organization at 843-422-1298.

Key layout concepts

JPR applies these concepts as it assists with layout projects. We have done this before, and our experience is a valuable asset.

Plant Design and Layout

Plant layouts tend to be infrequent, designed to catch up to changes in equipment, products, volumes, and flow. Get it right, the next one may not occur for a while. Phased projects are common, as are sequential moves.

Change, Grow with Layout Design

Create layouts to accommodate new technology, additional products or volume. Apply productivity principles to create an effective arrangement, to eliminate space constraints.

Consolidate or Downsize

The keyword is utilization; of space or course but also of equipment where it can serve multiple products; of storage through low inventories; of work through intelligent process flow and proximity of functions.

Relocate Operations

Strategy may suggest a move from point A to point B. Take advantage of the move to create a point B layout with advantageous operating practices, tailoring your process to the facility dimensions.

Major Revision

When you plan a major layout, include all the players; consider proximity, flow, project cost, safety, handling. Plan not only for current but also future demands. Building modifications may control the timeline.

Warehouse or DC

Warehouses are all about flow, so use layout principles to minimize the flow and handling while you maximize cube utilization.

Lean Layout

First, achieve a lean operation and then lay it out. You won't be successful if you don't have a lean operation, but try to attain it just through layout.

Office Layout

Office layouts are special because they usually are quite visible, and affect both clients and executives. Timing to cut business interference is critical and employees can really contribute with planning and execution.