chapeer sis poocesi Selecton and Faculity Layout 3. Laber epecialitation 4. of superision 5. A hiph whilistion of labor and equipench. 7. Fusty routine aceountisg- purchasing, and inventory eantral The primany disahagages of product laycuts include the following. 1. The intensive division of labar usually creates dull, repetitive johs that prombese injaries 2. Pooily ckiled workers may exhitit little ieterest it maintaining tyuipmete of to te quality of output. 3. The sysem is lairly inflexible is response to changes in abe volume of cutpact then in profuct of process design. 4. The sysiem is highly swetible to shudowns caused by oquipment breakdewne 5. Hroventive maintenance, the capacity for cuick repairs, and spare-parts imentoritie eccescary expenses 6. Incentive plass tied to individual catpat are impractical since they would caule ver flow of work through the sysiem U.Shaped Layouts. Allongh a straight production line may have inturive upel. ation. One dishtvantage of a long, straight line is that is interferes with cros-end of wh ers and vehicles, A U-shapod line is enore exmpact, it oftea requires apposimalch hal to legtion among workers of the line because wodbers are clustered, thus fecilitaing eanuh Featility in work assignments is increased bectuse wockers can kandle not ecly acjer the same point that finisbed podacts lewe it, a U.shaped line mintmires materad hary Of course, not all simations tesd themselves to U-shaped layouts: On bighly annal lites there is less noed for leamwork and communication. And entry and evit points ts in co opgosite sides of the teilding. Also, operations may necd to be separated becase disw cr contamiatrion factors