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Optimizing RFID Portal
Locations in Distribution Using
Systematic Layout Planning
23.1 INTRODUCTION
The manufacturing facility layout design (FLD) has been discussed by a number of researchers.
Continuous improvement has been achieved through the use of simulation and computer-aided
programs for designing facilities in actual manufacturing and warehouse environments. However,
FLD still is a complex and broad area that cuts across several specialized disciplines. Basically,
the facility layout problem is to determine the “most efcient” arrangement of cells or functional
departments subject to ow and capital constraints impose ...