Facilities Planning

• Strategic planning, site selection, product, process, schedule, activity relationship and space requirements, personnel requirements
• Developing solutions, including material handling systems and equipment, layout and computer aided layout
• Functions, including receiving and shipping, storage and warehousing, production, offices and services
• Evaluating solutions, including deterministic and probabilistic models
• Selection, implementation, and periodical review of the layout

Suggested Reading Materials

Facilities Design
S. Heragu, PWS Publishing Company, 1997.

Manufacturing Facilities
D.R. Sule. PWS-Kent Publishing, Boston.

Facilities Planning
J.A. Tompkins and J.A. White. John Wiley and Sons Inc.