Manufacturing Facilities Design & Material Handling
eBook - ePub

Manufacturing Facilities Design & Material Handling

Sixth Edition

  1. 524 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Manufacturing Facilities Design & Material Handling

Sixth Edition

About this book

Designed for junior- and senior-level courses in plant and facilities planning and manufacturing systems and procedures, this textbook also is suitable for graduate-level and two-year college courses. The book takes a practical, hands-on, project-oriented approach to exploring the techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout. It also introduces state-of-the-art tools including computer simulation. Access to Layout-iQ workspace planning software is included for purchasers of the book. Theoretical concepts are clearly explained and then rapidly applied to a practical setting through a detailed case study at the end of the volume. The book systematically leads students through the collection, analysis, and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout for a lean manufacturing environment. All aspects of facility design, from receiving to shipping, are covered. In the sixth edition of this successful book, numerous updates have been made, and a chapter on engineering cost estimating and analysis has been added. Also, rather than including brief case-in-point examples at the end of each chapter, a single, detailed case study is provided that better exposes students to the multiple considerations that need to be taken into account when improving efficiency in a real manufacturing facility. The textbook has enjoyed substantial international adoptions and has been translated into Spanish and Chinese.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About the Author
  8. Contents
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction to Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling
  10. Chapter 2: Sources of Information for Manufacturing Facilities Design
  11. Chapter 3: Time Study
  12. Chapter 4: Process Design
  13. Chapter 5: Activity Relationship Analysis
  14. Chapter 6: Flow Analysis Techniques
  15. Chapter 7: Ergonomics and Workstation Design Space Requirements
  16. Chapter 8: Auxiliary Services Requirement Space
  17. Chapter 9: Employee Services—Space Requirements
  18. Chapter 10: Material Handling
  19. Chapter 11: Material Handling Equipment
  20. Chapter 12: Office Layout Techniques and Space Requirements
  21. Chapter 13: Area Allocation
  22. Chapter 14: Facilities Design—The Layout
  23. Chapter 15: Application of Computer Simulation and Modeling
  24. Chapter 16: Engineering Cost Estimating and Analysis
  25. Chapter 17: Selling the Layout
  26. Answers
  27. Appendix A: S.S. Turbo Manufacturing Group
  28. Index