EIN 4365 Facilities Planning and Materials Handling – Spring 2012
EIN 4365 FACILITIES PLANNING AND MATERIAL HANDLING
Spring 2012
MWF 5th period (11:45AM – 12:35PM PM)
FLG 270
Catalog Description
Principles and methods for analyzing and designing plant facilities. Selected topics
include systematic and computerized layout planning, warehouse design, materials
handling and automated storage retrieval systems. (3 Credits.)
Prerequisites or Co-requisites
EIN 3101C Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering, ENC 2210 Technical
Writing or ENC 3250 Professional Communication or ENC 3254 Professional
Communication for Engineering, EML 2023 Computer Aided Graphics and Design or
equivalent are the pre-requisites. EIN 4354 Engineering Economy is a co-requisite.
Course Objectives
1. To gain an understanding and appreciation of the principles and methodologies
relevant to the planning and design of "production oriented" facilities.
2. To have a feeling of what the real life projects are like by identifying a project in
an industrial or other business setting and by formulating, analyzing and solving
a relevant professional problem with the help of a sponsor.
3. To learn working in teams and to gain the ability to make effective presentations.
Textbook: Facilities Planning, by James A. Tompkins, et al. 4th edition, John Wiley
& Sons, 2010. ISBN: 9780470444047.
Instructor
Dr. Sherman Bai
Office: 478 Weil Hall
Email: bai@ufl.edu
Phone: 392-1464 X2006
Office Hours
1PM -2PM, Monday & Wednesday.
TA
Z. Melis Teksan Email: zmteksan@ufl.edu
TA Office Hours 2PM-3PM, Tuesday & Thursday
Course Website: https://lss.at.ufl.edu/
On the website you can find all the announcements, course materials including the
PowerPoint presentations, homework assignments, grades and the syllabus. Please
check the website frequently.
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EIN 4365 Facilities Planning and Materials Handling – Spring 2012
Course Overview
This course is built largely around doing a layout/material-handling project working in
small teams. Modern engineering work is carried out for the most part by organized
teams. This course will give you instruction and experience in working in teams. Class
teams will work on a mini case study. This will prepare you to do the term project, again
working in teams. A separate handout discusses the project. Homework assignments
and learning lab assignments are done individually.
Contribution to meeting the professional component:
Students combine previously learned skills in computer programming, engineering
economics, statistics, technical writing, and oral communication to develop new facility
analysis and design skills including Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) and production
network efficiency analysis. Site visits to production facilities are used as case studies in
analyzing and designing or modifying existing facilities. Practical issues involving
matters such as safety on the work floor and communications between workers and
supervisors are emphasized together with questions of production efficiency so as to
give students a broad prospective on problems that must be addressed in facility
planning.
Relationship to program outcomes:
This course contributes to the program outcomes by teaching students to: Design a
system, component, or process to meet desired needs; Function on multi- disciplinary
teams; Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems; Communicate effectively;
Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
practice.
Honor Code
Kindly note and adhere to the following policy: "We, the members of the University of
Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of
honesty and integrity.”
Grading Policy
Midterm
Exam
Homework & Learning Labs
Case Study
Project
10%
20%
30%
10%
30%
Midterm exam will on Feb 22nd, and the final exam on April 18th. The midterm and the
final will be closed books-closed notes in-class exam.
We will provide more information about the case study and the project later on in the
class.
A plant trip will be scheduled later.
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EIN 4365 Facilities Planning and Materials Handling – Spring 2012
Case Study Dates
Week
Day
Date
Activity
6
Monday 2/15 Assign Case Study
10
Monday 3/21 Turn in Case Study Report
Late Assignments: Assignments are late if not turned in at the first of the period due.
Prior approval, or acceptable medical documentation, is necessary for late assignments
to receive any credit.
Attendance: Students are expected to demonstrate professionalism. Attendance will
be taken. Absences will be excused only if arrangements are made prior to the
absence. Students who have more than three unexcused absences will have their final
course grade reduced by one letter grade for each integer multiple of four absences.
NOTE: A C- will not be a qualifying grade for critical tracking courses. In order to
graduate, students must have an overall GPA and an upper-division GPA of 2.0 or
better (C or better). Note: a C- average is equivalent to a GPA of 1.67, and therefore, it
does not satisfy this graduation requirement. For more information on grades and
grading policies, please visit:
http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html
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