Manufacturing Facilities Design & Material Handling: Sixth Edition

by Matthew P. Stephens

Overview

Designed for junior- and senior-level courses in plant and facilities planning and manufacturing systems and procedures, this textbook also is suitable for graduate-level and two-year college courses. The book takes a practical, hands-on, project-oriented approach to exploring the techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout. It also introduces state-of-the-art tools including computer simulation. Access to Layout-iQ workspace planning software is included for purchasers of the book. Theoretical concepts are clearly explained and then rapidly applied to a practical setting through a detailed case study at the end of the volume. The book systematically leads students through the collection, analysis, and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout for a lean manufacturing environment. All aspects of facility design, from receiving to shipping, are covered. In the sixth edition of this successful book, numerous updates have been made, and a chapter on engineering cost estimating and analysis has been added. Also, rather than including brief case-in-point examples at the end of each chapter, a single, detailed case study is provided that better exposes students to the multiple considerations that need to be taken into account when improving efficiency in a real manufacturing facility. The textbook has enjoyed substantial international adoptions and has been translated into Spanish and Chinese.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557538598
Publisher:	Purdue University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2019
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	524
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Matthew P. Stephens is a professor and a University Faculty Scholar in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in facilities planning, statistical quality control, and productivity- and reliability-based maintenance management. Stephens holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Southern Illinois University and the University of Arkansas, with specialization in operations management and statistics. He spent nine years with several manufacturing and business enterprises, and he has been involved as a consultant with a number of major manufacturing companies. Stephens has numerous publications to his credit including several internationally-adopted textbooks.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MANUFACTURING FACILITIES DESIGN AND MATERIAL HANDLING
CHAPTER 2: SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR MANUFACTURING FACILITIES DESIGN
CHAPTER 3: TIME STUDY
CHAPTER 4: PROCESS DESIGN
CHAPTER 5: ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 6: FLOW ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 7: ERGONOMICS AND WORKSTATION DESIGN SPACE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 8: AUXILIARY SERVICES REQUIREMENT SPACE
CHAPTER 9: EMPLOYEE SERVICES—SPACE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 10: MATERIAL HANDLING
CHAPTER 11: MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 12 OFFICE LAYOUT TECHNIQUES AND SPACE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 13: AREA ALLOCATION
CHAPTER 14: FACILITIES DESIGN—THE LAYOUT
CHAPTER 15: APPLICATION OF COMPUTER SIMULATION AND MODELING
CHAPTER 16: ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATING AND ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 17: SELLING THE LAYOUT
ANSWERS
APPENDIX
INDEX