FaDE — Facility Design Engine
FaDEFacility Design Engine
Decision Support Tool for Manufacturing & Warehouse Layout Planning
SLP • CRAFT • ABC Slotting
FaDE — Facility Design Engine

FaDE

Facility Design Engine
Decision Support Tool for Manufacturing & Warehouse Layout Planning

FaDE is an engineering decision-support application developed to demonstrate facility layout optimization using classical Operations Research techniques. The application combines Systematic Layout Planning (SLP), the CRAFT heuristic, and ABC Slotting to generate optimized manufacturing and warehouse layouts while reporting operational KPIs.

Algorithms

  • Systematic Layout Planning (SLP)
  • CRAFT Optimization
  • ABC Slotting

Supports

  • Manufacturing Layout Design
  • Warehouse Layout Design

Outputs

  • Optimized Layout
  • Material Handling KPIs
  • Cost Estimation
  • Layout Comparison

Objective

  • Minimize Material Handling Distance
  • Improve Space Utilization
  • Improve Operational Efficiency

Manufacturing

Model departments with A/E/I/O/U/X relationships, run CRAFT iterations to minimize material-handling moment, and get a layout strategy recommendation.

Warehouse

Multi-zone buildings, industry-standard aisles, ABC slotting, bulk racking systems, and SLP-driven zone placement with rack fill.