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23-Ind-A3 Facilities Planning: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 Objectives of Facilities Planning, Material Handling Planning, and the Strategic Facilities Plan
  2. Question 2 Material Flow Planning, Activity Relationships, and Product Layout
  3. Question 3 Assembly Line Balancing (RPW Technique) and Buffer Design
  4. Question 4 Operator-Paced Line Speed, and Computerized Layout Programs (CRAFT/CORELAP)
  5. Question 5 Manufacturing Cells, JIT/TQM/TEI Integration, Logistics Systems, and Flow Patterns
  6. Question 6 Material Handling System Design, Shipping/Receiving, and Handling Equipment Characteristics
  7. Question 7 Centralizing vs. Decentralizing Tool and Gauge Cribs, and a Consolidation Feasibility Study

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National Exams — May 2013 — 98-Ind-A3 Facilities Planning. Three-hour, closed-book exam (Casio or Sharp approved calculator only); any five of the seven questions constitute a complete paper and only the first five answered in the answer book are marked — all seven are solved below for completeness.

Reference texts: Tompkins, White, Bozer & Tanchoco, Facilities Planning (4th ed., Wiley) — facilities-planning objectives, material flow, activity relationships, layout types, material handling systems, computerized layout (CRAFT/CORELAP), and tool-crib centralization; Niebel & Freivalds, Niebel’s Methods, Standards, and Work Design (13th ed.) — assembly-line balancing (Ranked Positional Weight technique), buffer/decoupling design, and operator-paced line speed.