Following are the symptoms of poor plant layout:

i. Long material flow lines and backtracking (re-handling).

ii. Poor utilization of space.

iii. Congestion for movement of materials and men.

iv. Large amount of work-in-progress.

v. Long production cycles.

vi. Excessive handling of materials.

vii. More frequent accidents.

viii. Difficult to supervise and control.

ix. Spoilage of products during handling.

x. Production line bottlenecks.