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Facility Planning and Design

This document outlines the units of a course on facility planning and design. The 5 units cover topics like plant location factors, material handling equipment, computerized layout planning programs, space determination, area allocation, and construction of layout models. Unit 1 discusses theories of plant location. Unit 2 covers material handling objectives, equipment classification and types. Unit 3 lists computer programs for layout planning. Unit 4 addresses space and area planning factors. Unit 5 involves constructing, evaluating, and presenting layout models to management.

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Facility Planning and Design

This document outlines the units of a course on facility planning and design. The 5 units cover topics like plant location factors, material handling equipment, computerized layout planning programs, space determination, area allocation, and construction of layout models. Unit 1 discusses theories of plant location. Unit 2 covers material handling objectives, equipment classification and types. Unit 3 lists computer programs for layout planning. Unit 4 addresses space and area planning factors. Unit 5 involves constructing, evaluating, and presenting layout models to management.

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FACILITY PLANNING AND

DESIGN
Syllabus
• Unit-1: PLANT LOCATION
• Unit-2: MATERIAL HANDLING & PLANT DESIGN
• Unit-3: COMPUTERIZED LAYOUT PLANNING
• Unit-4: SPACE DETERMINATION AND AREA
ALLOCATION

• Unit-5: CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAYOUT


LOCATION MODELS
Unit-1: PLANT LOCATION

• Factors influencing plant location


• Theories of plant location
• Location economics

• Objectives of plant layout


• Principles of plant layout
• Types of plant layout &their merits and demerits
Unit-2:MATERIAL HANDLING & PLANT DESIGN

• Objectives and principles of Material handling

• Unit load concept

• Classification of material handling equipment


based system
• Different types of material handling equipments
Unit-3:COMPUTERIZED LAYOUT PLANNING

• CRAFT [Computerized Relative Allocation of


Facility Techniques]
• COFAD [Computerized Facilities And Design]
• PLANET [Plant Layout Evaluation Technique]
• CORELAP [Computerized Relationship Layout
Planning]
• ALDEP [Automated Layout Design Program]
Unit-4:SPACE DETERMINATION AND AREA ALLOCATION

• Factors for consideration in


– space planning,

– receiving,

– storage,

– production,

– shipping,

– tool room and tool crib,


– other auxiliary service actions
• Establishing total space requirement

• Area allocation factors to be considered

– expansion

– flexibility

– aisles column

– area allocation procedure

– the plot plan


Unit-5:CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAYOUT
LOCATION MODELS

• Methods of constructing the layout,

• Evaluation of layout,

• Efficiency indices,
• Presenting layout to management.
LOCATION MODELS:

• Single and Multi facility location models,

• Location allocation problems,

• Deterministic models,
• single and multi facility location models,
• Location allocation.

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