IND 4320 - Facilities Design

• Identify and summarize layout problems
• Generate and evaluate detailed solutions to facilities layout problems for manufacturing, service and warehouse systems using both quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Identify and categorize present layout constraints in a layout problem, and consider the identified constraint(s) as part of the approach used to tackle the layout problem
• Utilize contemporary techniques to address a real-world facility design project (construction of the layout to improvement) and compare the performance of the different implemented techniques
• Generate recommendations about space requirements, process/product flow and new proposed layout facility design projects quantifying the impact of each recommendation on multiple performance measures of the system
• Identify and summarize layout design considerations for creating inclusive workspaces (e.g., ADA standards)
• Associate the applications of material handling techniques with their effect on facility operations
• Present 2-dimensional detailed layouts using CAD software specifying the space requirement of each layout component
• Present facility design project information orally and verbally in class presentations and a formal business report

• Deterministic and stochastic mathematical modeling
• Linear and non-linear optimization

• Overview of facilities design
• Type of layout problems (manufacturing, service and warehouse facilities)
• Introduction to layout constraints
• Engineering design approach
• Product/process analysis and its impact on facilities design
• Production requirement (considering scrap and rework)
• Machine requirement
• Flow systems
• Layout types (product layout; process layout; fixed location layout; group technology layout)
• Quantitative flow analysis (From-To-Chart; distance measures: Euclidean, Rectilinear, Aisle)
• Qualitative flow analysis (Relational chart by Murther)
• Space requirement analysis (workstation, locker rooms, restrooms, food service, health service, parking space, office spaces, ADA requirements)
• Introduction to layout design: original approaches to the layout problem (Apple’s Plant Layout Procedure; Reed’s Plant Layout Procedure; Murther’s Systematic Layout Planning Procedure)
• Contemporary approaches for layout design (i-construction algorithms: Spanning Tree, Graph Approach; ii- improvement algorithms: Pairwise Exchange, 3-Opt Algorithm, CRAFT, BLOCPLAN, FactoryCAD and FactoryFlow, VIP-PLANOPT)
• Introduction to material handling (material handling principles, designing material handling systems, material handling equation, material handling chart)
• Introduction to the Unit Load Design Principle
• Determining space utilization
• Warehouse problem (receiving principles, shipping principles, receiving/shipping planning)
• Waiting Line Models (Queuing Theory) in facilities design (warehouse and service layouts)
• Use of 2-dimensional CAD software for facility layouts project work and class presentations

• A weekly 2-hour lab is used primarily for learning CAD software and working on the course project, which is typically development of a facility layout for an industry client. The project lab time is used for client visits, team meetings, and preparation of the project deliverables.