Facilities Planning

Tompkins, James A. / White, John A. / Bozer, Yavuz A. / Tanchoco, J. M. A.

4. Edition February 2010
864 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-470-44404-7

John Wiley & Sons

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Tompkins/White/Bozer/Tanchoco is the leading facilities planning book on the market, today. Its blending of breadth and depth of coverage are unmatched. Thousands of engineering students and practitioners have used the book to prepare them to design new facilities and expand or renovate existing facilities. The book combines applied aspects with proven quantitative methodologies. It carries the reader through the entire process of planning facilities, regardless of the application settings for the facilities.

* Part 1: Defining Requirements

* Strategic Facilities Planning

* Product, Process, and Schedule Design

* Flow Systems, Activity Relationships, and Space
Requirements

* Personnel Requirements

* Part 2: Developing Alternatives: Concepts and
Techniques

* Material Handling

* Layout Planning Models and Design Algorithms

* Part 3: Developing Alternatives: Functions

* Warehouse Operations

* Manufacturing Operations

* Facilities Systems

* Part 4: Developing Alternatives: Quantitative
Approaches

* Quantitative Facilities Planning Models

* Evaluating, Selecting Preparing, Presenting, Implementing, and
Maintaining

* Part 5: Evaluating and Selecting the Facilities
Plan

* Preparing, Presenting, Implementing, and Maintaining Facilities
Plans

James A. Tompkins and John A. White are the authors of Facilities Planning, 4th Edition, published by Wiley.

J. A. Tompkins, Tompkins Associates, Inc.; J. A. White, University of Arkansas; Y. A. Bozer, University of Michigan; J. M. A. Tanchoco, Purdue University