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Dec 18, 2025
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ISE 5360 - Facility Planning and Design
The process of designing and laying out a facility with an emphasis on manufacturing facilities. Consideration will also be given to other facilities, such as warehouses, and service-oriented facilities, such as hospitals. Issues addressed include selecting the type and quantity of production and handling equipment; alternatives for material flow; qualitative and quantitative methods for developing the facility layout; determining the appropriate size for the departments and the facility; and utilizing software as appropriate for determining the facility design.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Calculate material handling cost associated with a given layout.
- Create a from-to chart for a given production plan.
- Describe the steps involved in designing a new facility.
- Design alternate layouts for the departments within a facility.
- Identify and analyze the important utilities and structural components of a facility.
- Select the appropriate material handling equipment for a facility.
- Select the layout for a facility and justify the selection.
- Specify the equipment requirements for a new facility.
- Specify the space requirements for a new facility.
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