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Facilities Design (B-KUL-D0H37A)

6.0 ECTS Dutch 39.0 Second termSecond term Basic
Van Nieuwenhuyse Inneke
POC Bachelor FEB

Aims

Providing models and insights which permit the improvement of the organisation of the production process. Special attention is paid to deterministic perspectives as well as its impact on stochasticity.

Previous knowledge

Prerequisite sequence
The student has got the following courses (or equivalents): 
* successfully finished: /
* finished: (D0T00A Mathematics for business economists and D0T11A Introduction to operational research and (D0T18A Fundamentals production & logistics or D0H26A Production & logistic management))
* at least taken simultaneous: D0H28A Operational research or D0T11A Introduction to operational research

Content

Facilities design:

  • Inleiding
  • Material handling
  • Layout design voor functionele layout
  • Assembly line balancing
  • Cellular Manufacturing

Dynamisch gedrag van productiesystemen:
  • Introduction
  • Basic factory dynamics
  • Variability basics / variability interactions
  • Impact of operational policies

Course material

Toledo / e-platform
Articles and literature
Text book

Is also included in other courses

Activities

6.0 ects. Facilities Design (B-KUL-D0H37a)

6.0 ECTS Dutch 39.0 Second termSecond term
Van Nieuwenhuyse Inneke
POC Bachelor FEB

Content

Typology of production systems. Fundamental structures: fixed place production, functional structure (job shop), pure flow production, line production with buffers, cell production in groups, flexible automatized systems, fractal and holonistic structures. Methods for generating lay-outs and accompanying internal transport problems. Warehouse storage and warehouse management.

Aims

In finishing this course, the student is able to: 

  • judge and optimalise the layout of a production-environment; 
  • determine an optimal arrangment of production machines in cells (and products in product families); 
  • balance an assembly-line (een assemblagelijn (U-shaped or not); 
  • judge a production process on its operational performance; 
  • calculate the impact of various variability factors on the course of the production process; 
  • calculate the impact of certain management decisions on the course of the production process.

Course material

Used study material:





  • "Organisatie van het Productieproces (D0H37A) (Organisation of the production process): Partl II: Dynamisch gedrag van productiesystemen" (Dynamic behaviour of production systems), Hoofdstukken 6-10 uit W.Hopp en M. Spearman, Factory Physics, 3rd Edition (2008), McGrawHill (Custom Edition voor K.U.Leuven) (available at course sales Ekonomika)


  • Slides,exercises and possible extra literature (eg. magazine articles) are made available via Toledo (if no manual/in supplementation of manual)
    Additional recommended (not compulsory) literature: 



  • S. Heragu, Facilities design, CRC (2008) 

Evaluation

Evaluation : Facilities Design (B-KUL-D2H37a)

Mode of evaluation : Written
Category : final examination during examination period
Type of evaluation : Closed book

Explanation

The exam is written and closed book. A formulary will be made available.