Qualitative Analysis of Material Flow in the Production Process of Corn Chips Using the Activity Relationship Chart (ARC) Method Aulia Zakiyah Salsabila (a), Isti Purwaningsih (b*), Wendra G. Rohmah (a)
(a) Departement of Agro-industrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
(b) Departement of Agro-industrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran, Malang, 65145, Indonesia *ipurwaningsih[at]ub.ac.id
Abstract
One of the characteristics of a good facility layout is a planned material flow pattern. There are several methods for analyzing material flow, one of these methods is the Activity Relationship Chart (ARC). ARC is a qualitative method for analyzing the level of proximity between facilities. The aim of this study was to apply this method to analyze the activities of the corn chips production process in the Marning Jagung Cahaya Business Unit. The ARC results are used as initial information to evaluate the layout of the facility. Currently, the production process facilities in this business unit are far apart and the flow pattern does not form a certain pattern (irregular). The relationship between facilities is closely related to the flow of the production process. There are six reasons for the level of relationship used to assess the closeness level of the facility: process flow sequence, ease of material transfer, requiring the same area, carried out by the same operator, hygiene reasons, noise-dirt-smoke-vibration etc. Based on this assessment, it obtained the criteria ^absolutely necessary^, ^important^ and ^ordinary^ for several production facilities. In addition, there are several facilities which get ^unimportant^ and ^Undesireable^ criteria.
