BA6017-FACILITIES LOCATION AND PROCESS DESIGN |
INTRODUCTION |
Facilities Requirements, Need for Layout Study – Types of Layout, Model Classification,
Criterion Selection, Model Validation, Design Process. |
PLANT LAYOUT |
Layout Problem, Plant Layout Procedures – Various Approaches, Flow and Activity
Analysis, Designing the Layout. |
PLANT LOCATION |
Plant Location Analysis – Factors, Costs, Location Decisions – Simple Problems in Single
Facility Location Problems, Multi Facility Location Problems, Network Location
Problems.
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PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY |
The Process View of Organizations, Performance Measures, Product Attribute and Process
Competencies, Process Design, Planning, and Control, Strategic Positioning and
Operational Effectiveness, Strategic Fit, Matching Products and Processes, Operations
Frontier and Trade-offs.
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PROCESS FLOW |
Process Flow, Key Measures, Flow Time, Flow Rate, Inventory Analysis, Process Flow
Chart, Flow Time Measurement, Flow – Rate and Capacity Analysis, Managing Flow
Variability, Process Integration – Lean Operations: Process Synchronization and
Improvement |
Text Books |
1. Richard Francis, L. Leon McGinnis, F. Jr., John White, A., “Facility Layout and
Location – an Analytical Approach”, 2nd Ed, Prentice Hall of India, 2004.
2. Raví Anupindi, Sunil Chopra, Sudhakar Deshmukh,Jan A. Van Mieghem, and Eitan
Zemel, “Managing Business Process Flows: Principles of Operations Management”
Pearson Education, 2006 |
Reference Books |
1. G.Halevi and R.D.Weill, “Principles of Process Planning” Chappman and Hall,
Madras 1995.
2. Drezner Zvi and Hamacher, Horst W, Facility Location: Applications and Theory,
2nd Edition, Springer, 2002
3. J A Tompkins et al, Facility Planning, 3rd Edition, John Wiely & Sons, 2003. |
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