Facility layout planning. An extended literature review

Facility layout planning (FLP) involves a set of design problems related to the arrangement elements that shape industrial production systems in physical space. The fact they are considered one most important decisions as part business operation strategies, and their proven repercussion on systems’ costs, efficiency productivity, mean this theme has been widely addressed science. In context, present article offers scientific literature review about FLP from operations management perspective. 232 reviewed articles were classified large taxonomy based type problem, approach stage characteristics facilities by configuring material handling system methods generate assess alternatives. We stress generation alternatives was done mainly using mathematical optimisation models, specifically discrete quadratic programming models for similar sized departments, or continuous linear non-linear mixed integer different departments. Other approaches followed expert’s knowledge specialised software packages. Generally speaking, frequent solution algorithms metaheuristics.