Facilities Planning and Design
Code
10613
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
Nuno Alexandre Correia Martins Cavaco, Virgílio António Cruz Machado
Weekly hours
3
Total hours
42
Teaching language
Português
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.
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.
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
The discipline is carried out by combining in each sessions an expository part and an applied component. Tutorial sessions, involving tracking work and self -study is also used.