Millwell Manufacturing redesigned its facility layout to group similar equipment and functions together, and to allow flexibility in the sequence in which products are produced using these functions. Millwell's new layout is an example of the fixed-position layout.

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The description of Millwell Manufacturing's layout redesign indicates a process layout or a cellular layout, rather than a fixed-position layout which is used for large, complex products that are too large or difficult to move. In a fixed-position layout, the product remains stationary and everything needed to produce the product is brought to it.

Millwell Manufacturing Redesigned Its Facility Layout to Group Similar Equipment