|
Overview
This
course is designed to teach engineers the fundamentals of
facilities planning, facilities design, material flow, space
and activity relationships in a facility. Moreover, it will cover the material
handling systems, layout planning models, warehouse operations, quantitative/qualitative
facilities planning models, preparing, presenting, implementing and maintaining
facilities plan.
|
Textbooks:
(Author, Title, Pub., year)
|
Tompkins, White et al, (2010), Facilities
Planning, 4th edition, John Wiley, New Jersey, ISPN 0-471-41389-5
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Materials:
|
Fred E. Meyers and Mathew Stephens, (2005), Manufacturing
Facilities Design and Material Handling, Pearson Prentice Hall, New
Jersey, ISBN 0-13-112535-4
Malakooti, B. (2014). Operations and
Production Systems with Multiple Objectives. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN:
978-0-470-03732-4
Course
Notes, Case Studies, Handouts
|
|
Course
Learning Outcomes:
|
|
By the
completion of the course the students should be able to:
|
|
1.
|
Understand the objectives of facilities planning
|
|
2.
|
Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet
specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as
well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
|
|
3.
|
Identify and develop different facilities layouts and solve
real life industrial problems
|
|
4.
|
Determine the interrelationships among all activities in a
facility
|
|