IE 368
FACILITY DESIGN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Course Description

Design and analysis of industrial facilities including just-in-time systems, queuing, material handling systems, material flow analysis, line balancing, systematic layout planning, design of warehouse facilities, and facilities location.

Topics

• Introduction to Facility Design
• Determining Requirements & Production System Design
• Facilities Layout
-Characterizing relationships and flow
-Layout models
-Personnel requirements
• Facilities Location
• Selected Material Handling and Storage Topics (as time permits)

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

• Identify basic types of production system design and be able to determine which is most suited for the production of different types of products.
• Apply queuing approximations to analyze a production system capacity.
• Quantify flow and space requirements, and characterize adjacency requirements for a facility.
• Understand some of the basic types of quantitative layout models. Apply some basic quantitative models to layout data.
• Apply facility location models to basic location problems.
• Name several types of material handling/storage equipment and typical suitable applications. Estimate the required amount of equipment needed.
• Identify requirements and apply facility design concepts to the design of an actual facility or through a case study.