COURSE SYLLABUS

IE 407 SUPPLY CHAIN MODELLING II (3-0) 3

Catalog Data:

Coordinated product and supply chain design. Location, allocation, and layout of facilities in production and/or service industries. Use of analytical and computerized layout techniques to generate and evaluate layout alternatives. Analysis and design of warehouses, and material handling and transprotation systems.

Textbook:

Tompkins, J.A., White, J.A., Bozer, Y.A., Frazelle, E.H., Tanchoco, J.M.A., and Trevino, J., Facilities Planning, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1996.

References:

· Shapiro, J.F., Modelling the Supply Chain, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 2001.

· Ayers, J.B., Handbook of Supply Chain Management, Boca Raton, Fla, Alexandria, Va: St. Lucie Press. 2001.

· Sönmez, A.İ., Production Plant Design with Applications, University of Gaziantep, 1998.

Prerequisites by Topic:

Linear programming.

Method for Assessing Student Knowledge of Prerequisite Topics:

None.

Goals:

This course aims to provide students with knowledge on supply chain modeling and techniques for determining location and layout of production and/or service facilities. By the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the major issues in location and layout decisions, formulate mathematical models, and produce acceptable and economic solutions.

Objectives:

· To enable students to model and solve real-life location and layout problems by considering a manufacturing and /or service system within the supply chain.

· To emphasize the importance and role of facilities planning in reducing costs and increasing productivity and service levels by better handling and distribution.

· To motivate students to use modern software tools in the solution of location and layout problems.

· To encourage teamwork in formulations and solving real-life problems.

Topics:

1. Coordinated product and supply chain desing and cellular manufacturing (1 week)

2. Facilities location strategies and location factors (2/3 weeks)

3. Facilities location and customer allocation models (7/3 weeks)

4. Product, process and schedule design (1 week)

5. Flow, place and activity relationships (1 week)

6. Determination of area requirements (1 week)

7. Relative location and layout of facilities in production and service industries (4/3 weeks)

8. Use of computer aided layout techniques to solve facility layout problems (5/3 weeks)

9. Warehousing (2 weeks)

10. Material handling and transportation systems (2 weeks)

Computer Usage:

Software packages such as GAMS, QS, CRAFT, CORELAP are used to evaluate layouts.

Laboratory Projects:

None.

Contribution to Professional Component:

1. Mathematics and Basic Science 0 credits

2. Engineeering Sciences or Design 3 credits

3. General Education 0 credits