Equipping undergraduate students with the fundamentals of facilities planning, design, location and material handling, especially as they apply to industrial manufacturing facilities, the book is ideal for a range of university settings offering courses on facilities planning.
Dr. Alberto Garcia-Diaz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of Texas A&M University, College Station, TXDr. J. MacGregor Smith is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Chapter 1. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FACILITIES PLANNING AND DESIGN.- Chapter 2. FACTORY LAYOUT AND MATERIAL HANDLING PROJECT.- Chapter 3. PRODUCT DESIGN AND PROCESS PLANNING.- Chapter 4. LAYOUT PLANNING PROCEDURES.- Chapter 5. FACILITY LOCATION MODELS.- Chapter 6. Computerized Layout Procedures.- Chapter 7. Material Handling Principles, Equipment, and System Design.- Chapter 8. Material Handling Systems Analysis.- Chapter 9. Storage and Warehouse Systems.- Chapter 10. SITE-PLANNING DESIGN.- Chapter 11. OFFICE LAYOUT AND PERSONNEL PLANNING.- Chapter 12. FINAL SYNTHESIS.