JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Introduction- Classification of Layout, Advantages and Limitations of different layouts, Layout design procedures, Overview of the plant layout Process layout & Product layout: Selection, specification, Implementation and follow up, comparison of product and process layout

UNIT - II

Heuristics for Plant layout – ALDEP, CORELAP, CRAFT, Group Layout, Fixed position layout- Quadratic assignment model. Branch and bound method

UNIT - III

Introduction, Material Handling systems, Material Handling principles, Classification of Material Handling Equipment, Relationship of material handling to plant layout.

UNIT - IV

Basic Material Handling systems: Selection, Material Handling method- path, Equipment, function oriented systems.

UNIT - V

Methods to minimize cost of material handling- Maintenance of Material Handling Equipments, Safety in handling Ergonomics of Material Handling equipment. Design, Miscellaneous equipments

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Operations Management/ PB Mahapatra/PHI
• 2. Aspects of Material handling/ Dr. KC Arora & Shinde/ Lakshmi Publications

REFERENCES:

• 1. Facility Layout & Location an analytical approach/ RL Francis/ LF Mc Linnis Jr, White/ PHI
• 2. Production and Operations Management/ R Panneerselvam/ PHI
• 3. Introduction to Material handling/ Ray, Siddhartha/ New Age
• 4. Plant Layout and Material Handling/RB Chowdary/Khanna Publishers
• 5. Plant Maintenance and Reliability Engineering/NVS Raju/Cengage Learning R16 B.TECH AUTOMOBILE ENGG.