Facilities Design

by Heragu, Sunderesh S.

• ISBN13: 9780534951832
• ISBN10: 053495183X
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Pws Pub Co

Summary

FACILITIES DESIGN strikes a successful balance between quantitative modeling of facilities design and practical discussion of real-world facilities design, material handling, and storage and warehousing problems. Distinguishing this book is its excellent treatment of general-purpose solution techniques, including simulated annealing, genetic algorithms, and tabu search (in Chapter 7); its up-to-date presentation of group technology and cellular manufacturing systems; and its in-depth coverage of facility location (in Chapters 13 and 14). Many chapters have detailed case studies. For example, Chapters 11 and 12 describe material handling and automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS) systems in action, with copious illustrations of modern systems at work. A bound-in disk includes Fortran computer programs for two types of ABSMODELs (in Chapter 5), as well as BLOCPLAN software for demonstrating layout problem-solving concepts and problems.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 INTRODUCTION TO FACILITY DESIGN	1	(10)
1.1 Introduction	1	(2)
1.2 Models	3	(2)
1.3 Algorithms	5	(1)
1.4 Generic Modeling Tools	6	(3)
Summary	9	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	9	(2)
2 PRODUCT AND EQUIPMENT ANALYSIS	11	(34)
2.1 Introduction	11	(2)
2.2 Types of Layout Problems	13	(8)
2.3 Product Analysis	21	(6)
2.4 Equipment Selection	27	(9)
2.5 Personnel Requirements Analysis	36	(1)
2.6 Space Requirements and Availability	37	(2)
Summary	39	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	40	(5)
3 PROCESS AND MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS	45	(40)
3.1 Introduction	45	(1)
3.2 Data Requirements for Layout Decisions	45	(16)
3.3 Tools for Presenting Layout Designs	61	(4)
3.4 Guidelines for Data Development and Generation	65	(6)
3.5 Case Study: Application of Methodology at a Manufacturing Company	71	(5)
Summary	76	(2)
Review Questions and Exercises	78	(7)
4 TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO FACILITY LAYOUT	85	(28)
4.1 Introduction	85	(2)
4.2 Systematic Layout Planning	87	(4)
4.3 Office Planning Project for a Mortgage Company	91	(9)
4.4 Engineering Design Problem Approach	100	(5)
Summary	105	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	105	(3)
Appendix	108	(5)
5 MODELS FOR THE LAYOUT PROBLEM	113	(50)
5.1 Introduction	113	(2)
5.2 Model for the Single-Row Layout Problem	115	(8)
5.3 Models for the Multirow Layout Problem with Facilities of Equal Area	123	(12)
5.4 Model for the Multirow Layout Problem with Facilities of Unequal Area	135	(4)
5.5 Discussion of Models	139	(1)
5.6 Linear Mixed-Integer Models for the Single-Row Layout Problem	140	(8)
5.7 Transformation of ABSMODEL 2 into Equivalent Linear, Mixed-Integer, and Nonlinear Models	148	(9)
5.8 Transformation of ABSMODEL 3 into Equivalent Linear, Mixed-Integer Model	157	(1)
Summary	158	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	158	(5)
6 BASIC ALGORITHMS FOR THE LAYOUT PROBLEM	163	(38)
6.1 Introduction	163	(1)
6.2 Heuristic Algorithms	164	(27)
6.3 Software for Layout Modeling	191	(3)
6.4 Layout Issues in Modern Manufacturing Systems	194	(3)
Summary	197	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	198	(3)
7 ADVANCED ALGORITHMS FOR THE LAYOUT PROBLEM	201	(80)
7.1 Introduction	201	(1)
7.2 Optimal Algorithms	201	(27)
7.3 Heuristic Algorithms	228	(28)
7.4 Multicriteria Layout Problems	256	(2)
Summary	258	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	258	(4)
Appendix	262	(19)
8 GROUP TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITY LAYOUT	281	(34)
8.1 Introduction	281	(4)
8.2 Classification and Coding Approach	285	(3)
8.3 Clustering Approach	288	(23)
Summary	311	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	311	(4)
9 GROUP TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS	315	(32)
9.1 Introduction	315	(1)
9.2 Design and Planning Issues in Cellular Manufacturing Systems	316	(4)
9.3 Project on Machine Grouping and Layout	320	(14)
9.4 Optimal Approach to Solving CMS Design Problems	334	(11)
Summary	345	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	346	(1)
10 INTRODUCTION TO QUEUING THEORY	347	(50)
10.1 Introduction	347	(7)
10.2 Basic Queuing Models	354	(18)
10.3 Queuing Networks	372	(18)
Summary	390	(1)
Acknowledgments	391	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	391	(6)
11 MATERIAL HANDLING	397	(74)
11.1 Introduction	397	(5)
11.2 Unit Load Design	402	(1)
11.3 Types of Material-Handling Devices	403	(27)
11.4 Material-Handling Systems in Action	430	(2)
11.5 Automated Guided Vehicle Systems	432	(4)
11.6 Models for Material-Handling System Design	436	(12)
11.7 Material-Handling System Operational Issues	448	(8)
11.8 Use of Simulation in Facilities Layout and Material Handling	456	(10)
Summary	466	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	466	(5)
12 STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING	471	(48)
12.1 Introduction	471	(1)
12.2 Warehouse Functions	472	(1)
12.3 Material-Handling and Storage Systems Used in Warehouses	473	(10)
12.4 Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems in Action	483	(6)
12.5 Warehouse Design	489	(18)
12.6 Warehouse Operations	507	(5)
Summary	512	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	513	(6)
13 BASIC MODELS FOR THE LOCATION PROBLEM	519	(38)
13.1 Introduction	519	(1)
13.2 Important Factors in Location Decisions	520	(2)
13.3 Techniques for Discrete Space Location Problems	522	(8)
13.4 Techniques for Continuous Space Location Problems	530	(16)
13.5 Facility Location Case Study	546	(6)
Summary	552	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	552	(5)
14 ADVANCED LOCATION MODELS	557	(42)
14.1 Introduction	557	(1)
14.2 Location Models	558	(10)
14.3 Allocation Model	568	(5)
14.4 Location-Allocation Models	573	(19)
Summary	592	(1)
Review Questions and Exercises	592	(7)
Appendix: BLOCPLAN-90 User's Manual	599	(36)
References	635	(12)
Index	647