INME 333 – Facility Planning and Design

Curricular Area Industrial and Engineering Management

Type of Course Mandatory – Major
Fundamentals of developing efficient layouts of various production/service
Catalogue systems. Topics include layout procedures, computerized layout planning
Description and single-facility and multi-facility location problem, material handling
system design for production facilities.

Prerequisites by
Courses INME 222 – Operations Research

Prerequisites by
Topics Inspection

Ramzi FAYAD – Assistant Professor

r.fayad@bau.edu.lb
Instructors Engineering Building – Department of Industrial and Engineering
Management
Office: F130 (Phone Ext 3454)
Office Hours 6 hours per week, Check my Schedule
Load 3 credits; 3 Lecture-sessions/week – 50 min per session

Textbook  Lecture Notes

 Facilities Planning and Design, Pearson Education, Garcia Diaz

Reference Books  Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling, Third edition,
Meyers and Stephens
Subjects covered
Introduction (1week)
Process Design (3 week)
Topics Types of Layout (1 week)
Time Study (3 week)
Process Design, making the individual parts (4 week)
Flow Analysis (3 week)
Work Station Design (1 week)
Introduction (1week)
Process Design (3 week)
 Learning Outcomes Correlation with Program Program
Outcomes Objectives
 Understanding of principles and procedures for planning Facility location with
its three criteria, Transportation Cost, Break Even Analysis and abiding by list of d,f,h 1,4
factors.
 Understanding of the principles of Time Study, how to calculate the time
standard and how to quantify the efficiency, utilization and availability of the f,h 1,4
system.
 Understanding of the principles of system balancing among different tasks of
f,h 1,4
the production line.
 Understanding of the principles of different layouts, covering product, process,
a,f,h 1
cell layouts.
 Understanding of the principles of locating within a facility based on distances
a,h 1
travelled algorithms.
 Understanding of the principles of material handling. a,h 1
 Submitting a term project which is considerate a direct application of the
d,f,h 1
objectives considered in this course.

Learning Outcomes Assessment Tools Quizes End of term

exam

 Understanding of principles and procedures for planning Facility location with  

its three criteria, Transportation Cost, Break Even Analysis and abiding by list of
factors.
 Understanding of the principles of Time Study, how to calculate the time  
standard and how to quantify the efficiency, utilization and availability of the
system.
 Understanding of the principles of system balancing among different tasks of  
the production line.
 Understanding of the principles of different layouts, covering product, process,  
cell layouts.
 Understanding of the principles of locating within a facility based on distances  
travelled algorithms.
 Understanding of the principles of material handling.  

Assessment:

Assessment: Dates Weighing

th
Test1 5 Week 20%
Test 2 10th Week 20%
Project + Assignments 15th Week 20%
End of term Exam Exam period 40%

Attendance:
As set by BAU regulations, and specified in Student Manual, students who miss more than one-fifth of the
sessions of any course in the first ten weeks of the semester will be required to withdraw from the course
with a grade of “WF”.
Course Coordinator Dr. Ramzi FAYAD
Date August 2014