Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

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Product Description

This useful guide and reference explores the techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout, and introduces some of the state-of-the-art tools involved, such as computer simulation. A “how-to,” systematic, and methodical approach leads the reader through the collection, analysis and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout. Chapter topics include time study, process design, flow analysis techniques, activity relationship analysis, area allocation, and selling the layout. For experienced facilities planners, and individuals who possess the required skills to be one, who want to directly correlate the efficiency of a layout and material handling systems with the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of any given enterprise.

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Within this project-oriented book the reader will find descriptions of techniques and procedures of plant layout and material handling. This practical "how-to" edition will lead the reader through the collection, analysis and development of information to produce a quality plant layout. The book is written at a high school algebra level and assumes some experience with computer-aided design (CAD) programs. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 415 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (July 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013674821X
• ISBN-13: 978-0136748212
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,138,325 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A hands-on learning class, July 16, 2001

By	José A. Sánchez Villanueva (Madrid (Spain)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plant Layout and Material Handling (Hardcover)

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.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent student text for Ind.Eng. practical, experienced., February 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Plant Layout and Material Handling (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Manufacturing Facilities for Freshmans, January 11, 2007

By	Harold L. Ramirez "Harolhart" (Somewhere USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.