Facilities Planning

by J. M. A. Tanchoco (Author), James A. Tompkins (Author), John A. White (Author), Yavuz A. Bozer (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2010

  $285.92

  When it comes to facilities planning, engineers turn to this book to explore the most current practices. The new edition continues to guide them through each step in the planning process. The updated material includes more discussions on economics, the supply chain, and ports of entry.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $6.79

  This revision incorporates all the significant advances that have occurred in the past decade; including advances in facilities planning, material handling, and computing technologies, as well as engineering and management philosophies. It focuses on the determination of the requirements for people, equipment, space, and material in the facility. It presents concepts and techniques to facilitate the generation of alternative facilities plans and continues to focus on generating alternative facilities plans. It also presents a variety of quantitative approaches that can be used to model specific aspects of facilities planning problems and discusses the treatment of facilities planning.