Customer Reviews

Plant Layout and Material Handling

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The book can be thought of as a project development using a hands-on approach. Step by step, the author go through the main issues in a project like this. By using a practical approach, the stuff is easy to be read and well organized. No previous knowledge on the topic is required before reading. The four stars come from the lack of a deeper treatment in some areas which are necessary for kicking off such a facility.

Excellent text, obviously written by an author who has used the techniques explained. Good practical approach. Covers 90% of our MH and Plant layout course for Industrial Engineers. Some gaps in the methods, eg.flow process diagrams is not adequate, so we need to supplement. Brief -170pp approx. Monash Univ. Australia.

If you can't formulate a simple linear programming problem, then this book was made for you! No advance IE/OR quantitative methodologies required. However, I found this book covers important material that were left out from other books such as Tompkins' Facility Planning. Overall, I think that this book is a good complement for other books.

The book can be thought of as a project development class. By using a hands-on approach, step by step, the author goes through the main issues in developing a project like this. By using plain english, the stuff is easy to read and well organized. The level is attainable to all readers no matter their previous level in the topic. The four stars classification comes from the lack of some deeper study in some areas which is necessary for kicking off facilities like this.

This is an excellent book for beginners as a first step.It will give you a general idea of facility design and won't overwhelm you with theoretical aspect of it but certainly you will need further studies in order to embark in real design projects.I definitely recommend it to students or engineers who for the first time are interested in the subject.

This is the most comprehensive facility design book that I have found. It touches upon just enough of architectural, process, material handling, and safety concerns to get you started and get you asking the right questions. I consult in a variety of industries but the basics remain the same. Great book.

A good overview on the main points in developing an implementation proyect.