IE 4355-501
Summer 2015
Ingram School of Engineering, Industrial Engineering
IE 4355 Facilities Planning
Course Syllabus
INSTRUCTOR
Eduardo Pérez, PhD
eduardopr@txstate.edu
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~e_p86
Office: RFM 2215
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00PM-5:00PM or by appointment
Phone: 512-245-4467
CLASS SCHEDULE
Lecture: Mondays to Thursdays
5:00PM–7:00PM in RFM 05242
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course focuses on the planning, design, and analysis of facilities. It emphasizes the principles and
methods used for solving facility location, plant layout, material handling, automation, computer
integration, and warehouse operations.
PREREQUISITES
 None
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Develop an understanding of the principles of facilities location, layout, and material handling systems
and to practice designing facilities. The course will emphasize modeling, design, and analysis
techniques. It will try to provide a balance of exposure to available methodologies in facilities location,
layout, and material handling with a practical emphasis on issues that are difficult to capture in
quantitative models but are important to consider. The course has the following educational
objectives for students:
 Learn formulations, models, and analytical procedures for the study of facilities layout planning
 Learn fundamental principles of material handling
 Be able to design layouts incorporating product, process, and personnel requirements
HOW WE WILL PURSUE THE OBJECTIVES
 Four times a week, this class will meet for 120 minutes.
 Besides lectures, a good bit of classroom time will be devoted to answering questions, working
examples, and working on labs.
 Three exams and a Final will be given to assess students' comprehension level of the course
material.
 One project will be used to assess the student’s ability to research a problem
TEXTBOOK AND ADDITIONAL COURSE MATERIAL
Textbook
 Tompkins, J.A., J.A. White, Y.A. Bozer, and J.M.A. Tanchoco (2010). Facilities Planning. 4th
Edition. New York: Wiley & Sons.
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References
 Warehouse & Distribution Science, J. Bartholdi and S. Hackman, a free on-line textbook
http://www.warehouse-science.com/
 Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach, 2nd ed., Francis, McGinnis, and White,
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1992. ISBN-13: 978-0132992312
 Facilities Design, 3rd ed., S. Heragu, CRC Press , Boston, 2008.
EXAM SCHEDULE (tentative)
Exam 1: Wednesday, June 10 (class period);
Exam 2: Monday, June 22 (class period);
Exam 3: Wednesday, July 1 (class period);
Final Exam: Thursday, July 2 (8:00PM-10:30PM);
HOMEWORK, QUIZZES and LABS
Homework will be assigned. Only some of the homework assignments will be collected for
grading. I will announce which assignments have to be submitted. Those assignments that you are
not required to submit will be evaluated with a quiz.
Assignments are due at the beginning of the lecture. Submitted work must be professionally
presented without exception (i.e. clean, organized, properly labeled, etc.). No late work will be
accepted; make-up assignments will not be given. Any student who fails to submit a graded
assignment on-time will be awarded a zero score (“0”) unless there exists legitimate
medical/emergency reasons and valid documentation is furnished.
Labs are practice problems assigned during the class period. You will be required to work in small
groups and submit your answers before the end of class period.
GRADING SCHEME
The course grade is as follows: 14% for the homework and quizzes, 20% for the project, 16% for
each of the three exams, and 18% for the final exam (Without the final, the first, second, and third
exam will have a weight of 22% each).
Grades distribution
Final Exam Option
Homework, Quizzes,
14%
and Labs
Project
20%
Exam 1
16%
Exam 2
16%
Exam 3
16%
Final
18%
Grades distribution
No Final Exam Option
Homework, Quizzes,
14%
and Labs
Project
20%
Exam 1
22%
Exam 2
22%
Exam 3
22%
The grades are 90-100% is an A, 80-89.99% is a B, 70-79.99% is a C, 60-69.99% is a D, and less than 60%
is an F. Without the final, grades are truncated; thus, 89.99% is a B without the final. If a test is missed,
you must have a written authorized excuse. If possible, please let me know before the test; otherwise, I
must be notified within two days of your return to school. Missing an exam or quiz without a written
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authorized excuse will result in a 0 grade for that item. Any disagreements regarding a grade received on
any material must be discussed within one week of the return of the graded material. No grade will be
changed beyond the one week limit. Plagiarism will not be tolerated, and will result in an F in the course.
COURSE WEB SITE: TRACKS: https://tracs.txstate.edu/portal/login
Attendance Policy
Punctuality and regular participation in lectures is strongly encouraged. Do not arrive late or leave
the classroom during the lecture unless is an emergency.
Non-Attendance and Financial Aid
If you are a Pell Grant, Iraq-Afghanistan Service Grant (IASG) or TEACH Grant recipient, federal
regulations require you to have begun attending the courses for which you are enrolled and
receiving these grants. If on the census date roster (e.g., 12th day of each fall and spring semester)
you are reflected as not attending a course, you are assumed (for financial aid purposes) not to
have begun attendance for that course. Your grant will then be adjusted or cancelled based on the
courses you have actually begun attending.
Unofficial Withdraws and Financial Aid
If you fail to earn a passing grade in at least one of your courses (i.e., all U’s, all I's or a combination
of all U's, W's or I's) during a semester, you are considered to have, for purposes of federal Title IV
funds, unofficially withdrawn from the university. As a result, a federal withdrawal calculation must
be performed to determine the amount of Title IV funds that you must repay. Once the amount
you must repay is determined, Financial Aid and Scholarships will mail you a letter with the
repayment details.
Note: A grade of U (Unearned Failing) is awarded to students who do not officially withdraw from
but fail to complete a course (i.e., did not take a final exam, stopped attending, etc.) and failed to
achieve the course objectives.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and Financial Aid
Federal regulations require you to meet certain minimum academic standards in order to remain
eligible for financial assistance. The requirements are that you: 1) maintain a minimum cumulative
Texas State GPA; 2) complete at least 70% of all your coursework; and 3) not exceed a maximum
limit of attempted hours toward your degree or certificate program.
Additional program-specific requirements also exist (e.g., TEXAS Grant). You can view these SAP
criteria in more detail at www.finaid.txstate.edu by selecting Undergraduate Aid or Graduate Aid
from the dropdown menu and then Maintain My Eligibility.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that provides
comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this
legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that
provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability
requiring an accommodation, please contact the Office of Disability Services, Suite 5-5.1 LBJ
Student Center, or call 512.245.3451.
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Classroom Computers
During lectures, the monitor in front of you will be turned off unless you have been asked you to
use the computers as part of the lecture.
Cell Phone Use
If you use your cell phone during lectures, you may be asked to leave the room. This includes
texting on your phone. Use of your cell phone, including texting, during a test will automatically be
considered an act of academic dishonesty unless I am notified ahead of time of special
circumstances.
Honor Code
Students are expected to be aware of and abide university policies regarding to academic
dishonesty: cheating and plagiarism. Sanctions will be applied as described in Section 02.04 of the
university honor code. (See http://www.txstate.edu/honorcodecouncil/ for the Honor Council
Rules and Procedures)
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Schedule: The following table is a tentative schedule for the semester and it is subject to changes
Day #
Date
Day
1
1-Jun
M
2
2-Jun
T
3
3-Jun
W
4
4-Jun
K
Lecture #
(slides)
0
1
1
2P1
2P1
2p2
2P2
3p1
3P2
5
8-Jun
M
4
6
9-Jun
T
4
7
10-Jun
W
8
11-Jun
K
9
15-Jun
M
10
16-Jun
T
11
17-Jun
W
12
18-Jun
K
13
22-Jun
M
14
23-Jun
T
10
10
15
24-Jun
W
10P2
5
6P1
6P2
6P2
7P1
7P1
7P1
8
8
9
9
11P1
16
25-Jun
K
11P2
17
29-Jun
M
18
19
20
30-Jun
1-Jul
2-Jul
T
W
K
PREPARED BY: Dr. Eduardo Pérez
11P2
topic
Course Overview
Product, Process, and Schedule Design
Product, Process, and Schedule Design
Flow Systems, Activity Relationships
Flow Systems, Activity Relationships
Flow Systems, Activity Relationships
Flow Systems, Activity Relationships
Layout Planning Model & Design Algs
Model & Design Algs
Lab 2 Craft
Manufacturing Systems
HW discussion
Manufacturing Systems
Review
Exam 1
Supply Chain Management
Space Requirements and Layout
Space Requirements and Layout
Space Requirements and Layout
Personnel Requirements
Personnel Requirements
Lab
Personnel Requirements
Schedule Designs
Schedule Designs
Material Handling
Material Handling
Review
Exam 2
Conveyor Models
Conveyor Models Lab
Conveyor Models P2
Operations Research
Operations Research formulation
Warehouse 1
Warehouse 1
Warehouse 2
Warehouse storage Material Handling
Facility Location Minisum
Review - Project presentations
Exam 3
Final Exam
DATE: 05-09-2015
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