Facility Layout for an Automated Guided Vehicle System

The study developed a Mix Integer Programming model to find an optimal layout solution when the material handling device is considered in corresponding to the material flows. Due to the high complexity of the model, a sub-model called Allocation Model is proposed to provide the feasibility condition of the two-stage model. This result can provide the manager a minimum cost layout in an effective way. The recommended Spine Bay Layout can be used flexibly based on different conditions in the factory with area requirement, dimension or production line.

Hsiao-Fan Wang is the Distinguished Chair Professor of National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Republic of China and the Fellow of Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineering. She is also the Director of the Arts Center, NTHU. She has published more than 120 journal papers; and is the (co)author of 17 books. Her research interests are in MCDM,GSCM.