Materials Handling and Plant Layout ENG MGT 257/357 & MECH ENG 256 Spring, 2013 Class Meetings: MW 1- 1.50 AM; BCH 314 Lab: W 2-3.50 AM in IDE 105 Instructor: Dr. Abhijit Gosavi Office: EMAN 219 Office hours: M: 2-4 Phone number: (573) 341-4624 Email: __________________________________________________________ Course Objectives: This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts related to and Our focus will primarily be layout designing material handling. on manufacturing facilities. We will concentrate on methods used in designing layouts of facilities in order to controlling costs of materials handling, increase efficiencies, and improve safety. The course has five main components: Layout-related topics for manufacturing: types of layouts, selection of layout type in a given scenario, ensuring flow of materials in a plant, group technology, and software for designing layouts Material-handling equipment Design of warehouses and offices Location analysis Layouts of airports and hospitals We will use the textbook for the most part, but will also use some notes that will be placed online. You should be able to access these notes through your blackboard account. The following is the textbook that we will use: by Facilities Planning and Design S. Heragu, edition. Course Contents: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11. Details: Chapter 1: Primarily online notes, i.e., Chapter 0. Chapter 2: All sections. Exercise Problems 6, 7, and 22. Chapter 3: All sections. Exercise Problems: 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Chapter 4: All sections. Chapter 9: All sections except 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8. Chapter 10: Online notes only. Chapter 11: Online notes only.
Materials Handling and Plant Layout ENG MGT 257/357 & MECH ENG 256 Spring, 2013 Class Meetings: MW 1- 1.50 AM; BCH 314 Lab: W 2-3.50 AM in IDE 105 Instructor: Dr. Abhijit Gosavi Office: EMAN 219 Office hours: M: 2-4 Phone number: (573) 341-4624 Email: __________________________________________________________ Course Objectives: This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts related to layout designing and material handling. Our focus will primarily be on manufacturing facilities. We will concentrate on methods used in designing layouts of facilities in order to controlling costs of materials handling, increase efficiencies, and improve safety. The course has five main components: Layout-related topics for manufacturing: types of layouts, selection of layout type in a given scenario, ensuring flow of materials in a plant, group technology, and software for designing layouts Material-handling equipment Design of warehouses and offices Location analysis Layouts of airports and hospitals We will use the textbook for the most part, but will also use some notes that will be placed online. You should be able to access these notes through your blackboard account. The following is the textbook that we will use: Facilities Planning and Design by S. Heragu, edition. Course Contents: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11. Details: Chapter 1: Primarily online notes, i.e., Chapter 0. Chapter 2: All sections. Exercise Problems 6, 7, and 22. Chapter 3: All sections. Exercise Problems: 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Chapter 4: All sections. Chapter 9: All sections except 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8. Chapter 10: Online notes only. Chapter 11: Online notes only.
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