Title: Competency Assessment: (CU4 M3) Facility Layouts
Course: SkillsCom BA 101 16.0 > Section: Credit Unit 4 Module 3

Read the following case and then write a short essay addressing the questions.

As purchasing manager for a company that flies corporate executives around the world, you’re responsible for buying everything from airplanes to on-board snacks. You plan to visit all the plants that make the things you buy: airplanes, passenger seats, TV/DVDs that go in the back of the passenger seats, and the specially designed uniforms with embroidered company logos worn by the flight attendants. What type of layout should you expect to find at each facility?  Should they be process, product, or fixed-position? What will each layout look like? Why is that layout appropriate for the company’s production process? Could any of these plants switch to a cellular layout? What would this type of layout look like? What would be the advantages?