Impact of Plant Layout on the Performance of Masters Energy Industries Limited, Abia State

Abstract

The impact of plant layout on organizational performance of masters
energy industries limited, Abia State has been examined. The specific
objectives of the study is to; examine the effect of product layout on
organizational growth, ascertain the impact of process layout on
organizational productivity, investigate the effect of fixed position
layout on organizational efficiency and identify the challenges
militating against plant layout implementation in an organization. The
study will be guided by a survey design because it gives detailed
information about issues, problems, events and describes events as
they are. The population of the study is 140 employees and the sample
size of 104 respondents was obtained using Taro Yamane techniques.
We used questionnaire for data collection. The data gathered for the
study was analyzed using descriptive analysis. Pearson correlation
was used to test hypotheses with the aid of statistical packages for
social sciences (SPSS). The study revealed that there was a positive
effect of product layout on organizational growth. Also, process
layout had a positive impact on organizational productivity. There is
no significant effect of fixed position layout on organizational
efficiency. Ineffective leadership and poor organizational policy were
among the challenges militating against plant layout implementation
in an organization. The study recommended that since there was a
positive effect of product layout on organizational growth,
organisations should make improvement on their product layout as to
enhance the organizational growth