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CRAFT facility layout algorithm: a standalone construct

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Industrial engineering

improvement heuristic for facility layout that swaps department locations to reduce total flow times distance cost.

In industrial engineering, CRAFT facility layout algorithm refers to improvement heuristic for facility layout that swaps department locations to reduce total flow times distance cost. This meaning comes from Armour (1963) in Management Science.[1]

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References

Armour, G. C., & Buffa, E. S. (1963). A Heuristic Algorithm and Simulation Approach to Relative Location of Facilities. Management Science, 9(2), 294-309. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.9.2.294

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