Facility layout and location : an analytical approach /

Francis, Richard L.

Facility layout and location : an analytical approach / Richard L. Francis, Leon F. McGinnis Jr., John A. White. - 2nd - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1992 - 589 p. - Prentice-Hall international series in industrial and systems engineering .

CONTENIDO
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Model Classification 2
1.3 Criterion Selection 3
1.4 Cost Elements 4
1.5 Model Validation 5
1.6 The Design Process 6
1.7 Classification of Facility Layout and Location Problems 20
1.8 Overview of the Book 23
2. THE PLANT LAYOUT PROBLEM 27
2.1 Introduction 27
2.2 Overview of the Plant Layout Problem 29
2.3 Layout Procedures 32
2.4 Systematic Layout Planning 37
2.5 Information Gathering 37
2.6 Flow Analysis and Activity Analysis 52
2.7 Relationship Diagram 69
2.8 Space Requirements and Availability 87
2.9 Designing the Layout 100
2.10 Selection, Specification, Implementation, and Follow-Up 110
2.11 Where to from Here? 112
2.12 Further Reading 114
3. COMPUTERIZED LAYOUT PLANNING 143
3.1 Introduction 143
3.2 Information in Layout Planning 148
3.3 Computerized Layout Evaluation 151
3.4 Computerized Layout Generation 157
3.5 Trends in Computerized Layout 169
3.6 Summary 170
3.7 Further Reading 171
4. PLANAR SINGLE-FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEMS 184
4.1 Introduction 184
4.2 Minisum Location Problems 189
4.3 Some Multiobjective Location Problems 209
4.4 Single-Facility Minimax Location Problems 217
4.5 Concluding Remarks 238
4.6 Further Reading 240
5. STORAGE SYSTEMS LAYOUT 256
5.1 Introduction 256
5.2 Dedicated Storage Location Policy 258
5.3 Randomized Storage Location Policy 276
5.4 Class-Based Dedicated Storage Location Policy 280
5.5 Shared Storage Location Policy 286
5.6 Continuous Warehouse Layout 294
5.7 Summary 310
5.8 Further Reading 311
6. PLANAR MULTIFACILITY LOCATION PROBLEMS 335
6.1 Introduction 335
6.2 An Application 342
6.3 Rectilinear Distance Minisum Location Problems 345
6.4 Squared Euclidean Distance Minisum Location Problems 362
6.5 Euclidean Distance Minisum Location Problems 365
6.6 Location-Allocation Problems 373
6.7 Further Reading 383
7. NETWORK LOCATION PROBLEMS 394
7.1 Introduction 394
7.2 Tree Networks 395
7.3 1-Median Problem 400
7.4 1-Center Problem 405
7.5 Covering Problem 411
7.6 n-Center Problem 418
7.7 Cyclic Networks 424
7.8 Median and Center Problems on Cyclic Networks 426
7.9 Further Reading 441
8. CYCLIC NETWORK LOCATION PROBLEMS 457
8.1 Introduction 457
8.2 The Covering Problem on Cyclic Networks 459
8.3 n-Center Problem on Cyclic Networks 475
8.4 n-Median Problem on Cyclic Networks 482
8.5 Warehouse Location Problem 493
8.6 Conclusion 509
8.7 Further Reading 510
9. ADVANCED DISCRETE LOCATION MODELS 520
9.1 Introduction 520
9.2 Capacity-Constrained New Facilities 521
9.3 Capacitated Location with Required Single Sourcing 543
9.4 Interaction between New Facilities 553
9.5 Further Reading 568

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DESIGN PROCESS
PLANT LAYOUT
LAYOUT DESIGN PROCESS
COMPUTERIZED LAYOUT PLANNING
ALDEP
CORELAP
CRAFT
SINGLE-FACILITY LOCATION
MULTIFACILITY LOCATION
DISCRETE LOCATION
MINIMAX LAYOUT
DISCRETE PLANT LOCATION
CYCLIC NETWORK LOCATION
WAREHOUSE LOCATION
ADVANCED DISCRETE LOCATION

658.2 F846 EN 1992