Material FlowAnalysis andPlant Lay-Out Optimization ofa Manufacturing System

iindustriali Abstract - Thepaperproposes theresults ofa project developed bytheauthors incollaboration withaproduction system working inthefield ofmanufacturing woodproducts. Thefirst stepoftheproject wasanaccurate analysis ofthe system together withthedesign ofnewproduction documents in order tocollect dataabout thesystem itself Thecollected data hasbeenusedtopropose aninitial solution ofplant lay-out. Thesecondstepoftheproject wastherealization ofa simulation model. Themodelhasbeenusedtofind anoptimal plant- layout configuration bymeansofgenetic algorithms with thegoalofmaterial handling cost minimization.