RE-LAYOUT OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES AREA OF CV ROTAN ASIK ASIK JOS TO MINIMIZE MATERIAL HANDLING

Abstract

CV. Rattan Asik Asik Jos is a manufacturing company that produces furniture of rattan, but overall these products have the same creation flow, so in this case can be represented by a single type of product items. Products are used as a reference is "Goose Chair" because the demand is the highest. In production activities has some obstacles which are not standard yet in accordance with the criteria of a good layout, then it impacts to the distance of material handling and material flow intersection, casusing the cost of material handling increasing. Evaluation and re-layout has purpose to design the layout of the new plant that can use the area as good as well and produce a smooth flow of material so as to reduce material handling costs. Designing the plant layout is conducted on all departments of production facilities with using the the type of product layout and S-shapped line flow. With the implementation of the proposed layout, then a reduction in material handling costs of IDR 4,850,299 (initial layout) to IDR 3,178,996.00 (layout proposal) decrease costs by 34%.