Facilities Planning & Material Handling

Catalog description

This course explores fundamental concepts, theory, and procedures for the study of facilities design and location; physical layout; material flow principles; and material handling. Product design, process planning, and schedule design are integrated through the development of analytical procedures and use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) layout planning software to enhance the decision-making process in the design, rationalization and improvement of factory and office layouts. The knowledge learned in this course is integrated with knowledge from selected related courses to develop a laboratory design project by students working in teams.