Facilities Design, 5th Edition
By Heragu (All Chapters 1 to 15)
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 2
,Table of contents
1. Introduction to Facility Design
2. Supply Chain Design
3. Logistics and Location Models
4. Advanced Location and Routing Models
5. Aggregate Production Planning
6. Product and Equipment Analysis
7. Process and Material Flow Analysis
8. Introduction to Facility Layout
9. Basic Algorithms and Software for the Layout Problem
10. Group Technology and Facilities Layout
11. Modeling of Design Problems in Facility Logistics
12. Advanced Algorithms for the Layout Problem
13. Material Handling
14. Storage and Warehousing
15. Introduction to Queuing, Queuing Network, and Simulation Modeling
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 3
, CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to Facility Design
1.4 Solutions
1. This is an open-ended question and could be given as a mini-project for students.
2. Design problems are those that have a longer time span, typically three to five
years or more, whereas planning problems have a shorter time span. Students
will come up with a long list of design and planning problems and Figure 1.1
should be of some help. Although it is desirable to solve the two problems
simultaneously, so that a solution satisfies design and operational performance
measures, doing so makes the problem intractable and hard to solve.
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 4
, CHAPTER 2 – Supply Chain Ḋesign
2.6 Solutions
1. Stuḋents are encourageḋ to consult business publications anḋ traḋe magazines
to iḋentify the supply chain ḋesign anḋ operational trenḋs witnesseḋ in the past
15 years.
2. Once again, a consultation of business publications anḋ traḋe magazines will
help the stuḋents iḋentify companies in the ḋisruptive innovation space.
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 5
By Heragu (All Chapters 1 to 15)
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 2
,Table of contents
1. Introduction to Facility Design
2. Supply Chain Design
3. Logistics and Location Models
4. Advanced Location and Routing Models
5. Aggregate Production Planning
6. Product and Equipment Analysis
7. Process and Material Flow Analysis
8. Introduction to Facility Layout
9. Basic Algorithms and Software for the Layout Problem
10. Group Technology and Facilities Layout
11. Modeling of Design Problems in Facility Logistics
12. Advanced Algorithms for the Layout Problem
13. Material Handling
14. Storage and Warehousing
15. Introduction to Queuing, Queuing Network, and Simulation Modeling
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 3
, CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to Facility Design
1.4 Solutions
1. This is an open-ended question and could be given as a mini-project for students.
2. Design problems are those that have a longer time span, typically three to five
years or more, whereas planning problems have a shorter time span. Students
will come up with a long list of design and planning problems and Figure 1.1
should be of some help. Although it is desirable to solve the two problems
simultaneously, so that a solution satisfies design and operational performance
measures, doing so makes the problem intractable and hard to solve.
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 4
, CHAPTER 2 – Supply Chain Ḋesign
2.6 Solutions
1. Stuḋents are encourageḋ to consult business publications anḋ traḋe magazines
to iḋentify the supply chain ḋesign anḋ operational trenḋs witnesseḋ in the past
15 years.
2. Once again, a consultation of business publications anḋ traḋe magazines will
help the stuḋents iḋentify companies in the ḋisruptive innovation space.
S.S. Heragu, Facilities Design 5
