SF3024 Facility Layout and Safety in Material Handling Syllabus:
SF3024 Facility Layout and Safety in Material Handling Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
1. Explain the basic principles in facilities planning, location, layout designs and material handling systems.
2. Provide students with the basic concepts related to the interactions between the production system parameters and their impact on materials handling systems design.
3. Provide students with methods for the generation of plant layouts.
4. Provide students with information on materials handling systems design for various aspects of the manufacturing and service industry.
5. Explain the basic principles in material handling and Equipment selection.
UNIT I PLANT LOCATION
Introduction, Factors affecting location decisions , Location theory , Qualitative models , SemiQuantitative models -Composite measure , Brown & Gibbs model , Break-Even analysis model, Single facility location problems – Median model, Gravity location model, Mini-Max model, Multifacility location problems, Network and warehouse location problems.
UNIT II FACILITY LAYOUT DESIGN
Need for Layout study, Factors influencing plant layout, Objectives of a good facility layout, Classification of layout, Layout procedure – Nadler’s ideal system approach, Immer’s basic steps, Apple’s layout procedure, Reed’s layout procedure –Layout planning – Systematic Layout Planning – Information gathering, flow analysis and activity analysis, relationship diagram, space requirements and availability, designing the layout. Utilities planning
UNIT III COMPUTERISED LAY OUT PLANNING
Concepts, Designing process layout – CRAFT, ALDEP, CORELAP – Trends in computerized layout, Algorithms and models for Group Technology.
UNIT IV DESIGNING PRODUCT LAYOUT
Line balancing – Objectives, Line balancing techniques – Largest Candidate rule- Kilbridge and Wester method- RPW method- COMSOAL.
UNIT V MATERIAL HANDLING AND PACKAGING
Objectives and benefits of Material handling, Relationship between layout and Material handling, Principles of material handling, Unit load concept, Classification of material handling equipments, Equipment selection, Packaging.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES
CO1: Students must analyse, design and apply layout principles for layout product, material handling and packaging.
CO2: Describe and determine the effect of product, process, and schedule design parameters on plant layout and materials handling systems design.
CO3: Develop and analyse plant layouts using manual and computer aided software methodologies.
CO4: Identify and select various types of material handling equipment.
CO5: Design material handling systems for a variety of scenarios pertaining to manufacturing and service industry.
TEXT BOOK:
1. Francis, R.L., and White, J.A, “Facilities layout and Location”, Prentice Hall of India, 2002.
2. Facilities Planning, Tompkins, J.A., White, J.A., Bozer, Y.A., Tanchoco, J.M.A., John Wiley and Sons Inc., 4th Edition, 2010.
REFERENCES:
1. James, Apple, “Material Handling System design”, Ronald Press, 1980.
2. Krajewski, J. and Ritzman, “Operations Management – Strategy and Analysis”, Addison Wesley publishing company, 5th Edition, 1999.
3. Pannerselvam.R, “Production and Operations Management”, PHI, 2nd Edition, 2005
4. Tompkins, White et al., “Facilities planning”, John Wiley & Sons, inc. 2003.
5. Facilities Planning Hardcover – James A. Tompkins (Author), John A. White (Author), Yavuz A. Bozer (Author), J. M. A. Tanchoco (Author)