Facilities design. (©2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sunderesh S. Heragu.
• Other Names: Heragu, Sunderesh S
• Contents: Introduction to Facility Design; Case Study; Introduction; Facility Layout; Types of Layout Problems; Engineering Design Problem Approach; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Product and Equipment Analysis; Introduction; Product Analysis; Equipment Selection; Personnel Requirement Analysis; Space Requirement and Availability; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Process and Material Flow Analysis; Motivating Case Study; Introduction; Data Requirement for Layout Decisions; Tools for Presenting Layout Designs; Guidelines for Data Development and Generation; Case Study: Application of Methodology at a Manufacturing Company; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Traditional Approaches to Facility Layout; Introduction; Systematic Layout Planning; Special Considerations in Office Layout; Office Planning Project for a Mortgage Company; Code Compliance, OSHA, ADA Regulations, and Other Considerations in Facility Design; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Basic Algorithms and Software for the Layout Problem; Algorithms for the Layout Problem; Construction Algorithms; Improvement Algorithms; Hybrid Algorithms; Layout Software; Case Study Using Layout-iQ; Re-Layout and Multiple-Floor Layout; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Group Technology and Facilities Layout; Introduction; Clustering Approach; Implementation of GT Principles; Design and Planning Issues in Cellular Manufacturing Systems; Project on Machine Grouping and Layout; Machine Grouping and Layout Case Study; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Material Handling ; Material-Handling System in Action; Introduction; Multimedia-Based Educational Software Module for Learning the 10 Principles; Material-Handling Principles; Types of MHDs; AGV Systems; Models for Material-Handling System Design; Operational Aspects of Material-Handling System; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Storage and Warehousing; Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems in Action; Introduction; Warehouse Functions; Material-Handling and Storage Systems Used in Warehouses; Autonomous Vehicle Storage and Retrieval Systems; Warehouse Design; Warehouse Operations; Automatic Identification; Multimedia CD for Designing a DC; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Logistics and Location Models; Motivating Case Study; Introduction; Logistics, Location, and Supply Chain; Important Factors in Location Decisions; Techniques for Discrete Space Location Problems; Hybrid Analysis; Techniques for Continuous Space Location Problems; Facility Location Case Study; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Modeling of Design Problems in Facility Logistics; Models; Algorithms; Generic Modeling Tools; Models for the Single-Row Layout Problem; Models for the Multirow Layout Problem with Departments of Equal Area; Model for the Multirow Layout Problem with Departments of Unequal Area; Discussion of Models; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Advanced Algorithms for the Layout Problem; Introduction; Optimal Algorithms; Heuristic Algorithms; Multicriteria Layout Problems; Optimal Approach to Solving CMS Design Problems; Next-Generation Factory Layouts; Traveling Salesman Problem Algorithm; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Advanced Location and Routing Models; Motivating Case Study; Introduction; Location Models; Allocation Model; Location–Allocation Models; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Introduction to Queuing, Queuing Network, and Simulation Modeling; Introduction; Basic Queuing Models; Other Variations of the Basic Queuing Models for Which Analytical Solution Is Available; Queuing Networks; Use of Simulation in Facilities Layout and Material Handling; Summary; Review Questions and Exercises; ; Bibliography ;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (597 pages)
• Subjects: 658.2/3; Factories -- Design and construction; Plant layout; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Factories -- Design and construction; Plant layout; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498732901; 1498732909
• Related ISBNs: 9781498732895; 1498732895
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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