The actual production area constituted a unique, huge space, where there were also offices, packaging areas, raw materials and final product storage space. Therefore, the separation of the production activities from all the other auxiliary ones was the first requirement expressed for the new layout. Referring to the actual state represented in Figure 4, the manufacturing activities from the initial blowing (A) to the pumicing (H) are represented by the “production”
area, which is about 470 m2, while the finishing activity (I) is represented by a “finishing operation” area of 210 m2.
The “production” and “finishing” operations are the areas that need a redesign and to which a new building of about 1300 m2 will be assigned. In particular, the production workstations will be reorganized according to certain factory requirements (see below). The other activities will be re‐arranged in the already existing plant. Figure 4 highlights the original configuration on
the left side and the desired one on the right.