Product/process analysis; technology selection; facility location; production and service facilities layout; material handling systems, storage systems, mathematical programming models and methods for location and layout problems.

Facilities planning and design is the process of locating and laying out new industrial and service facilities, and revising or expanding existing facilities, while respecting resource constraints. In this course, we will address both the layout and the location of facilities. As part of the layout, we will consider the arrangement of departments within a manufacturing or service facility, focusing on mathematical programming modeling. We will also consider the theory, application methods, and techniques needed to successfully model, analyze, and present a proposed location for single- and multi-facility sites. We will develop and employ both exact and approximate methods to solve problems arising in facilities planning and implement computerized applications. The course is designed for graduate students who have a solid background in operations research/mathematical programming. Proficiency in a programming language (C, C++, C#, Java, Python as such) and CPLEX/GUROBI is required; familiarity with (meta)heuristics is strongly recommended.

Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems. R.G. Askin and C.R. Standridge, John Wiley, 1993. [TS155.6 .A75 1993]

Production and Operations Analysis. S. Nahmias, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2013. [TS155 .N34 2013]

Facilities Design, 5th edition. S. Heragu. CRC Press, 2022. [TS177 .H47 2022] (eBook available online at the Information Center)