The Effect of Product, Market and Technology Factors on Layout Type Design (An Applied Field Study on Public Shareholding Manufacturing Companies in Jordan)

This study aimed at identifying the effect of product, market and technology factors on the process of layout typedesign, and the criteria upon which a specific layout format is adopted in the Public-Shareholding manufacturingfirms in Jordan.Data was collected through a questionnaire designed for the purpose of this study and submitted to productionmanagers in these companies; other used tools were unstructured interviews and researcher’s observation.Statistic analysis tools were discriminant analysis, and Chi-square tests in addition to descriptive statisticalmeasures.The study resulted in finding that the statistically significant and discriminant layout factors among the threevariables groups (product, market and technology variables) are:1. Product mix among product variables,2. Production volume and target market’s variety’s among market variables,3. Manufacturing processes’ type, manufacturing system’s type and employee’s specialization level amongtechnology variables