Facilities Planning and Design
Objectives
The course seeks to introduce several key analytical methods and tools to support the design and the improvement of productive layout systems (in manufacturing and services). At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Correctly design facilities layouts
- Characterized activities relationships.
- Planning and measure flows
- Plan facilities layouts
- Use computer-aided for facilities layouts.
- Correctly apply storage methods and warehouse configuration models.
General characterization
Code
10613
Credits
3.0
Responsible teacher
António Carlos Bárbara Grilo, Nuno Alexandre Correia Martins Cavaco
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 42
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- Tompkins, J.; White, J., Bozer, Y., Tanchoco, J. (2010). Facilities Planning(4th ed.). Wiley & Sons.
- Sule, D. (2008). Manufacturing Facilities: Location, Planning, and Design (3rd ed.). CRC Press.
- Chang, Y-L (2003) WinQSB: Decision Support Software for MS/OM. John Wiley & Sons.
- Francis, R., & . White, J. (2001). Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach. Prentice-Hall.
- Muther, R. & Hales, L. (2001): Systematic Planning of Industrial Facilities - SPIF (Vol, 1 & 2). Management & Industrial
Teaching method
Available soon
Evaluation method
Available soon
Subject matter
1. Design facilities layouts
2. Activities relationships.
3. Flows planning and measure
4. Facility layout planning
5. Facility layout Computer-aided
6. Storage methods and warehouse configuration models.