{"product_id":"facilities-design-9781498732895","title":"Facilities Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in Its Fourth Edition: Your Guide to Successful Facility Design Overcome design and planning problems using the fourth edition of Facilities Design. Dedicated to the proper design  layout  and location of facilities  this definitive guide outlines the main design and operational problems that occur in manufacturing and service systems  explains the significance of facility design and planning problems  and describes how mathematical models can be used to help analyze and solve them. Combining theory with practice  this revised work presents state-of-the-art topics in materials handling  warehousing  and logistics along with real-world examples that emphasize the importance of modeling and analysis when determining a solution to complex facility design problems. Whats New in the Fourth Edition: The latest version introduces new material that includes handling equipment and systems  and presents relevant case studies in each and every chapter. It also provides access to Layout-iQ software  data files for many of the numerical examples that are contained throughout the book  and PowerPoint files for various chapters. Additionally  the author: Describes tools commonly used for presenting layout designs Presents traditional models for facility layout including the popular systematic layout planning (SLP) model in detail Provides a layout project involving the SLP model Covers group technology and cellular manufacturing at the elementary level Includes a project and case study on machine grouping and layout Considers next-generation factory layouts Discusses analytical queuing and queuing network models  and more  Facilities Design  Fourth Edition explains the ins and outs of facility planning and design. A reference for both student and professional  the book addresses facilities design and layout problems in manufacturing systems and covers layout  logistics  supply chain  warehousing  and materials handling.  Please visit the authors website for ancillary materials: http:\/\/sundere.okstate.edu\/downloadable-software-programs-and-data-files.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652548223029,"sku":"ByrdShop_1498732895","price":235.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781498732895.jpg?v=1781851950","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/facilities-design-9781498732895","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}