INDE 4443 - Facilities Planning

Prerequisites: senior IE status, and INDE 2243 and INDE 3304. Factors in plant location, design, and layout of equipment. Techniques for obtaining information essential to the development and evaluation of alternative facility layout designs are presented with an emphasis on environmental and safety considerations. Design of departmental areas, resource allocation and flow, materials handling, storage, and the economic implications of alternative designs are discussed. Students work in small groups on the design of a manufacturing facility to produce an actual consumer product. Project culminates in both written and oral presentation of the proposed facility design. CAD techniques are used extensively in the development of the final facility layout. 3 credits