This course is devoted to developing an understanding of the principles of facilities location, layout, and material handling systems and to practice planning and designing facilities. The course will emphasize design, modeling and analysis techniques. The course will 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 critical to consider. Contemporary approaches and technologies will also be included within the scope.

Prerequisite: ENGR3700 or ENGR3600 or Concurrent