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Facilities Planning: Chapter 1 - Introduction

The document discusses facilities planning, which involves planning the fixed assets of an organization to achieve operational objectives. It covers objectives like supporting the organization's vision, effective resource use, and employee safety. Facilities location considers customers, suppliers, employees. Design includes structural, layout, and material handling systems design. The planning process defines objectives, specifies activities, determines space needs, generates and evaluates alternatives, selects and implements a plan, and maintains/adapts it over time.

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Facilities Planning: Chapter 1 - Introduction

The document discusses facilities planning, which involves planning the fixed assets of an organization to achieve operational objectives. It covers objectives like supporting the organization's vision, effective resource use, and employee safety. Facilities location considers customers, suppliers, employees. Design includes structural, layout, and material handling systems design. The planning process defines objectives, specifies activities, determines space needs, generates and evaluates alternatives, selects and implements a plan, and maintains/adapts it over time.

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Facilities Planning

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Introduction

• Facilities Planning: Engineering field


concerned with the planning and design of
the fixed assets of an organization to best
achieve its operational objectives.
• Engineering Disciplines Involved: Civil,
Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical.
Objectives of Facilities
Planning
• Support organization’s vision.
• Effective utilization of people, equipment,
space, and energy.
• Minimize capital investment.
• Employee safety and job satisfaction.
• Adapt and promote ease of maintenance.
Facilities Location Problem
• Concerned with the location of the facility
with respect to customers, suppliers,
employees, and other interacting facilities.
Divided into two problems:
1. Geographical Location Problem:
Concerned with the geographical location of
the facility in light of the following
considerations:
Facilities Location Problem (cont.)

• Transportation system relative to


suppliers and markets.
• Labor: availability, type, and cost.
• Living conditions and costs.
• Construction factors and costs.
• Government regulations and laws.
Facilities Location Problem (cont.)

2. Site Location and Layout:


• Once the geographical location has been
decided, what specific property, and how
should the facility be located on the site?
• Factors to consider: traffic, patterns,
topography of the land, etc…
Facilities Design
Concerned with the design of the facility and its
contents. Divided into three problem areas:
1. Structural Design: Relates to the building
architecture and construction. Includes support
services, e.g., utilities.
2. Layout (plant layout): relates to the
arrangement of equipment and space in the
building.
3. Material Handling System: Material handling
is a system or combination of methods, facilities,
labor, and equipment for moving, packaging, and
storing of materials to meet specific objectives.
Plant Layout Objectives
• Integration of all factors affecting the
layout.
• Minimizing distances moved.
• Logical work flow.
• Utilize space efficiently.
• Safety and satisfaction of employees.
• Flexibility to meet changing future
requirements.
Facilities Planning Process
• Define the objective of the facility.
• Specify the activities to be performed in accomplishing
the objectives.
• Determine the interrelationships among all activities.
• Determine the space requirements for all activities.
• Generate alternative facilities plans.
• Evaluate alternative facilities plans.
• Select a facilities plan.
• Implement the facilities plan.
• Maintain and adapt the facilities plan.
• Redefine the objective of the facility.

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