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FACILITY DESIGN AND

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Lecture Notes #1
Introduction Facility Management
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Course Catalog Description
Design and analysis of industrial facilities including just-in-
time systems, queuing, material handling systems, material
flow analysis, line balancing, systematic layout planning,
design of warehouse facilities, and facilities location
The different elements described above are all part of
Facilities Planning
The facilities planned today must help an organization
achieve Supply Chain Excellence
Each organization in the supply chain should plan facilities
with their partners in mind
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Facilities Characteristics
All the facilities in the supply chain should have the
following characteristics:
Flexibility
Modularity
Upgradability
Adaptability
Selective Operability
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Facilities Planning Viewpoints
Civil engineering
Electrical/Mechanical engineering
Architectural
Construction management/Contractor
Real estate
Urban planning
Industrial engineering
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IE Viewpoint of Facilities Planning
Industrial Engineers focus on requirements, resource
allocation, and efficient use of resources
Facilities are the integration of many lower level systems
Space requirements with respect to flow and operations
control
Personnel requirements
Equipment requirements
System design/layout with respect to flow and
operations control
The use of information systems and technology to
increase effectiveness
Movement within a facility
Movement between facilities Location

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Facilities Planning
Facilities planning determines how an activitys
tangible fixed assets best support achieving the
activity's objectives
Facilities
Planning
Costs of design changes during a project
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Focus of IE 368
This course will focus on facilities planning
Flow design
Determining requirements
Layout
Coverage of storage and materials handling, and
facilities location
Many of the specific principles taught are useful in
other applications
Equipment fractions
Queuing models
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Example of a Manufacturing Facility
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From an IE Viewpoint
Why are the components of this facility located as
drawn?
Why are they arranged as drawn?
Why are there so many duplicated items?
Why is the facility so large or small?
Why are there enclosed rooms and open areas?
How many people will be working in the facility?
Does this design meet requirements?
etc.
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IE Approaches
Industrial Engineers develop models to understand,
design and validate systems
Procedures
e.g., Systematic Layout Planning (SLP)
Analytical models
e.g., machine fraction equations, queuing models
Analytical layout models/software
Computer simulations