Process layout, also called job shop layout or functional layout, for
job shop production, or simply job shop: Similar production equipment is grouped together spatially at one work center. Only one operation is carried out at the work center, usually by one person (division of labor). The product moves from shop to shop in a variable, undirected sequence, that is, according to the particular process plan. The process plan lists all individual operations to be carried out. Certain persons are responsible for control. Typical examples include the production of appliances, electrical devices and electronics, furniture, pharmaceuticals,radiology and specific analysis in a hospital, and traditional forms of education.