Study of the layout of a steel manufacturing industry

A layout survey is required to improve the production flow of a steel company. A reliable layout provides improvements in productivity and savings because it states a better distribution for machinery, appliances and human resources. In this paper the layout of a steel company is analyzed. It is found that the production flow does not match with the physical positioning of the machinery that designs the production line of the company. Following this analysis, a reformulation of the layout is proposed to aim the reduction of processing appliance transportation time, leading an improvement in the capacity of production and a reduction in setups times. Pursuing the implementation of the new layout, a search was developed to compare the outputs before and after the redefinition of the layout. The result highlights improvements as shortening processing appliance transportation time, broadening production programming performance and lessening setup times in the lines.