Now in Its Fourth Edition‎:‎ Your Guide to Successful Facility Design Overcome design and planning problems using the fourth edition of Facilities Design‎.‎ Dedicated to the proper design‎,‎ layout‎,‎ and location of facilities‎,‎ this definitive guide outlines the main design and operational problems that occur in manufacturing and service systems‎,‎ explains the significance of facility design and planning problems‎,‎ and describes how mathematical models can be used to help analyze and solve them‎.‎ Combining theory with practice‎,‎ this revised work presents state‎-of‎-the‎-art topics in materials handling‎,‎ warehousing‎,‎ and logistics along with real‎-world examples that emphasize the importance of modeling and analysis when determining a solution to complex facility design problems‎.‎ What‎'‎s New in the Fourth Edition‎:‎ The latest version introduces new material that includes handling equipment and systems‎,‎ and presents relevant case studies in each and every chapter‎.‎ It also provides access to Layout‎-iQ software‎,‎ data files for many of the numerical examples that are contained throughout the book‎,‎ and PowerPoint files for various chapters‎.‎Additionally‎,‎ the author‎:‎ * Describes tools commonly used for presenting layout designs * Presents traditional models for facility layout including the popular systematic layout planning ‎(‎SLP‎)‎ model in detail * Provides a layout project involving the SLP model * Covers group technology and cellular manufacturing at the elementary level * Includes a project and case study on machine grouping and layout * Considers next‎-generation factory layouts * Discusses analytical queuing and queuing network models‎,‎ and more Facilities Design‎,‎ Fourth Edition explains the ins and outs of facility planning and design‎.‎ A reference for both student and professional‎,‎ the book addresses facilities design and layout problems in manufacturing systems and covers layout‎,‎ logistics‎,‎ supply chain‎,‎ warehousing‎,‎ and materials handling‎.‎ Please visit the author‎'‎s website for ancillary materials‎:‎ http‎:‎ /sundere‎.‎okstate‎.‎edu/downloadable‎-software‎-programs‎-and‎-data‎-files‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Sunderesh S‎.‎ Heragu
• Publisher‎:‎ CRC Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781498732895