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
António Carlos Bárbara Grilo, Nuno Alexandre Correia Martins Cavaco
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.
Prerequisites
Nothing to apply
Subject matter
1. Concept of Facilities Planning and Design, its mission and its scope in the organizational structure of companies. Its relationship with other business functions, namely logistics, production, maintenance and quality management.
2. Contextualization of the Facilities Planning and Design in terms of corporate strategies, their influence and dependence on strategic options, as well as their relevance and importance as a added value function as well as a way to create competitive advantage.
3. The Planning and Design of Installations in face of new concepts and approaches, namely industry 4.0 with respect to the principles of IoT, Data Science and Big Data, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Scanning, 3D Printing. PPI as a sustainability agent and promoter of functionality, efficiency, well-being and safety/ security.
4. Concepts and criteria of location (macro and micro). Models of decision support and multicriteria analysis. Structuring of scenarios, conditioning factors and key elements.
5. Planning and configuring spaces, taking into account dimensioning and quantification of flows. Characterization of activity relationships. Block diagram and layout drawing.
6. Optimization of solutions based on the reduction of distances and costs (Facility Location Models). Rectilinear and Euclidean distances. Rectilinear Facility Location Problem, Single-Facility Minisum Location Problem, Single-Facility Minimax Location Problem and Plant Location Model. Graphical representation and iso-cost curves.
7. Computer Assisted Configuration (most relevant concepts and IT solutions).
8. Warehouse typologies and principles 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.