| Assembly-Line Balancing | Problem of assigning all the tasks to a series of workstations so that each workstation has no more than can be done in the workstation cycle time, and so that idle time across all workstations is minimized.
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| CRAFT | Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique is a method to help devise good process layouts. The technique is designed to minimize material handling costs in the facility and works by iteratively exchanging pairs of departments until no further cost reductions are possible.
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| Fixed-Position Layout | The product remains at one location and the equipment is moved to the product.
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| Group Technology (Cellular) Layout | Groups dissimilar machines into work centers (or cells) to work on products that have similar shapes and processing requirements.
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| Precedence Relationship | Specifies the order in which the tasks must be performed in the assembly process.
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| Process Layout | Also called a job-shop layout or functional layout; a format in which similar equipment or functions are grouped together.
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| Product Layout | Also called flow-shop layout; equipment or work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made.
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| Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) | Technique for solving process layout problems when the use of numerical flow data between departments is not practical. The technique uses an activity relationship diagram that is adjusted by trial and error until a satisfactory adjacency pattern is obtained.
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| Workstation Cycle Time | Time between successive units coming off the end of an assembly line.
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