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. 1. True2. False

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Jaiden Olson

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10 September, 14:57

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. 1. True2. False

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Nico Bates · Answer 1

False

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This is false and is instead an example of process layout. A process layout is flexible in nature with similar equipments and functions grouped together. The sequence in which the functions are performed depends on the design of the product. It is also called functional layout and it is designed in an Organizational way so that everything is kept in it's place.