Product Layout:

Definition

Product layouts are designed to accommodate only a few product designs. Such layouts are designed to permit direct material flow through the facilities for products. This type of layout is extremely popular in mass production, that means. Only one product or one type of product is generated in such type of layout. The necessary condition for the profitability in such layout is to manufacture the items in vast quantities. The machines in such layout are laid in such a manner that the operation is performed in sequence. This arrangement of layout is also known as "synthetic system" of manufacture.