MFGE 422 - MFG Facilities Planning

Senior capstone experience, encompassing the layout and integration of a manufacturing system within a manufacturing facility. Students will implement basic principles and techniques of plant layout, determine material handling equipment requirements and production equipment arrangement for optimum product flow. Quantitative techniques for departmental arrangement and evaluative techniques for layout comparison will be utilized in conjunction with computer simulation of competing solutions. Lab experiences culminate in a term project involving the layout of a manufacturing facility. Typically Offered Fall and Spring
Level: UG
Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite MFGE 411/D-
Corequisite MFGE 421

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Department: SDM