EIN 4365 Facilities Planning and Materials Handling – Spring 2012

EIN 4365 FACILITIES PLANNING AND MATERIAL HANDLING

Spring 2012

MWF 5th period (11:45AM – 12:35PM PM)

FLG 270

Catalog Description

Principles and methods for analyzing and designing plant facilities. Selected topics include systematic and computerized layout planning, warehouse design, materials handling and automated storage retrieval systems. (3 Credits.)

Prerequisites or Co-requisites

EIN 3101C Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering, ENC 2210 Technical Writing or ENC 3250 Professional Communication or ENC 3254 Professional Communication for Engineering, EML 2023 Computer Aided Graphics and Design or equivalent are the pre-requisites. EIN 4354 Engineering Economy is a co-requisite.

Course Objectives

  1. To gain an understanding and appreciation of the principles and methodologies relevant to the planning and design of "production oriented" facilities.
  2. To have a feeling of what the real life projects are like by identifying a project in an industrial or other business setting and by formulating, analyzing and solving a relevant professional problem with the help of a sponsor.
  1. To learn working in teams and to gain the ability to make effective presentations.

Textbook: Facilities Planning, byJames A. Tompkins, et al. 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.ISBN: 9780470444047.
Instructor / Dr. Sherman Bai
Office: 478 Weil Hall Phone: 392-1464 X2006
Email:
Office Hours / 1PM -2PM, Monday & Wednesday.
TA / Z. Melis Teksan Email:
TA Office Hours / 2PM-3PM, Tuesday & Thursday

Course Website:

On the website you can find all the announcements, course materials including the PowerPoint presentations, homework assignments, grades and the syllabus. Please check the website frequently.

Course Overview

This course is built largely around doing a layout/material-handling project working in small teams. Modern engineering work is carried out for the most part by organized teams. This course will give you instruction and experience in working in teams. Class teams will work on a mini case study. This will prepare you to do the term project, again working in teams. A separate handout discusses the project. Homework assignments and learning lab assignments are done individually.

Contribution to meeting the professional component:

Students combine previously learned skills in computer programming, engineering economics, statistics, technical writing,and oral communication to develop new facility analysis and design skills including SystematicLayout Planning (SLP) and production network efficiency analysis. Site visits to production facilities are used as case studies in analyzing and designing or modifying existing facilities. Practicalissues involving matters such as safety on the work floor and communications between workers andsupervisors are emphasized together with questions of production efficiency so as to give studentsa broad prospective on problems that must be addressed in facility planning.

Relationship to program outcomes:

This course contributes to the program outcomes by teaching students to: Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs;Function on multi- disciplinary teams; Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems; Communicate effectively; Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineeringpractice.

Honor Code

Kindly note and adhere to the following policy: "We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.”

Grading Policy

Midterm / 10%
Exam / 20%
Homework & Learning Labs / 30%
Case Study / 10%
Project / 30%

Midterm exam will on Feb 22nd, and the final exam on April 18th. The midterm and the final will be closed books-closed notes in-class exam.

We will provide more information about the case study and the project later on in the class.

A plant trip will be scheduled later.

Case Study Dates

Week

/ Day / Date / Activity
6 / Monday / 2/15 / Assign Case Study
10 / Monday / 3/21 / Turn in Case Study Report

Late Assignments: Assignments are late if not turned in at the first of the period due. Prior approval, or acceptable medical documentation, is necessary for late assignments to receive any credit.

Attendance: Students are expected to demonstrate professionalism. Attendance will be taken. Absences will be excused only if arrangements are made prior to the absence. Students who have more than three unexcused absences will have their final course grade reduced by one letter grade for each integer multiple of four absences.

NOTE: A C- will not be a qualifying grade for critical tracking courses. In order to graduate, students must have an overall GPA and an upper-division GPA of 2.0 or better (C or better). Note: a C- average is equivalent to a GPA of 1.67, and therefore, it does not satisfy this graduation requirement. For more information on grades and grading policies, please visit:

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