Facilities Design
eBook - ePub

Facilities Design

  1. 704 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Facilities Design

About this book

Dedicated to the proper design, layout, and location of facilities, this definitive textbook outlines the main design and operational problems that occur in manufacturing and service systems, explains the significance of facility design and planning problems, and describes how mathematical models can be used to help analyze and solve them. Combining theory with practice, this revised textbook presents state-of-the-art topics in materials handling, warehousing, and logistics along with real-world examples that emphasize the importance of modeling and analysis when determining a solution to complex facility design problems.

Facilities Design, Fifth Edition includes a balanced coverage of modeling as well as applications of layout, materials handling, and warehousing. It presents automated materials handling along with queuing, queuing networks, and basic simulation modeling. The new edition introduces new material that includes topics such as supply chain designing and management, aggregate planning, and transportation, logistics, and distribution.

The new edition will continue to provide access to available software and data files, as well as PowerPoint slides from the author's own website www.facilitiesdesign.us. A solutions manual and figure slides are available for qualified textbooks adoptions.

The book addresses facilities design and layout problems in manufacturing systems and covers layout, logistics, supply chain, aggregate planning, warehousing, and materials handling. The new edition continues to explain the ins and outs of facility planning and design and is an ideal textbook for students and a reference for professionals.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032258058
eBook ISBN
9781000606928
Subtopic
Operations

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Author Biography
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction to Facility Design
  11. Chapter 2 Supply Chain Design
  12. Chapter 3 Logistics and Location Models
  13. Chapter 4 Advanced Location and Routing Models
  14. Chapter 5 Aggregate Production Planning
  15. Chapter 6 Product and Equipment Analysis
  16. Chapter 7 Process and Material Flow Analysis
  17. Chapter 8 Introduction to Facility Layout
  18. Chapter 9 Basic Algorithms and Software for the Layout Problem
  19. Chapter 10 Group Technology and Facilities Layout
  20. Chapter 11 Modeling of Design Problems in Facility Logistics
  21. Chapter 12 Advanced Algorithms for the Layout Problem
  22. Chapter 13 Material Handling
  23. Chapter 14 Storage and Warehousing
  24. Chapter 15 Introduction to Queuing, Queuing Network, and Simulation Modeling
  25. References
  26. Index