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END 344 - Facility Design and Planning

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences · Industrial Engineering (English 30%) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Üzeyir PALA

Course Objective

To convey to students the basic knowledge and methods regarding Facility (Factory/Workplace) Design, Layout and Planning.

Course Content

Establishment studies. Material movement costs and workplace design. Market Research and demand forecasting methods. Capacity requirement planning. Discrete and continuous production systems design: Product and process-based layout planning. Factory location selection.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To identify different types of production systems.
  2. Calculate machine requirements for the desired production rate.
  3. Determining the location of business establishment.
  4. Making business layout plans.

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%20 (52) Engineering and Engineering Trades%70 (58) Architecture and Building%10

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkProject / DesignTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14342
Out of Class Study Period14342
Midterm11010
Quiz000
Assignment2510
Practice11010
Final11010

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Production systems: Nature, classification and hierarchical 3 classes decision frameworkChapter 1
2Product design and concurrent engineeringChapter 2
3Forecasting systemsChapter 3
4Long-range capacity planningChapter 4
5Design of process based production systemsChapter 5
6Design of process based production systemsChapter 5
7Design of serial production systemsChapter 6
8MIDTERM EXAMAll Chapters
9Design of cellular production systemsChapter 7
10Design of storage systemsChapter 8
11Design of material handling systemsChapter 8
12Design of material handling systemsChapter 9
13Facility locationChapter 10
14Facility locationChapter 10
15Final examAll Chapter
16FINAL EXAMAll chapters