Simplified Systematic Layout Planning

By:  Richard Muther and John D. Wheeler

ISBN: 0933684-09-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-933684-09-6

Third Edition 1994

35 pages

Soft cover, comb binding

The most popular book ever on the subject of layout planning.  Over 200,000 copies sold.  A highly-condensed, 6-step version of Systematic Layout Planning (SLP).  Includes Working Forms for each step and detailed illustrated examples of their use.  Appropriate for offices up to 3,000 square feet, plant floor and lab areas up to 5,000 square feet, and warehouses up to 10,000 square feet.  Written for leaders of layout planning teams, professional space planners, and for managers and small business owners who wish to make their own layouts.  Also great for classroom instruction.

Table of contents

Preface & Introduction

Note to planners and instructors:  The booklet pictured here presents the short-form version of the full SLP method, explained in the text: Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) by Richard Muther.  This text on the full method is out of print and undergoing revision.  It remains available by special request in single copies only. You may learn the full SLP method by viewing the Fundamentals of Plant Floor Layout DVD from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.  This DVD includes a copy of the Simplified Systematic Layout Planning booklet pictured here. 

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