65855 - Industrial Logistics

Learning outcomes

The student knows general criteria and quantitative methods for planning, design and management of logistic systems of modern flexible factory (manufacturing, assembling, transport and storage) and of distribution systems of products to the customer.  Logistics is concerned with the flow of materials in the supply chain, from source through the total industrial process to the customer, and then on to disposal or re-use/re-cycling. By co-ordinating all resources, logistics ensures that service levels are acceptable to customers. The programme will provide a detailed understanding and knowledge of logistics and its place in all types of industries. The range of professional and general management skills is very important for careers in logistics and many other areas of graduate employment.

Course contents

INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Classification of production systems. Definition and evolution of Logistics. Supply Chain Management. The role of Logistics. Integration and flexibility in modern production systems. Computer Integrated Manufacturing  CIM. Framework of an enterprise management system: Enterprise Resource Planning   ERP and Advanced Planning Systems  APS.

PLANT LAYOUT

Systematic layout planning  SLP. Productquantity analysis. Classification of layout. Group Technology, Flexible manufacturing systems  FMS and Flexible assembly systems  FAS.

PRODUCT INNOVATION, PACKAGING AND LOGISTICS

The role and importance of packaging. Pallet and EPAL. EPAL ISO 1 and ISO 2. Software and tools for the packaging of mono product and multi product pallets. Laws and regulations.

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS  FMS

Group Technology (GT) and Cellular Manufacturing (CM): part families and machine families. Methods for CM. Algorithms: Rank Order Clustering  ROC and Direct Clustering  DC. BARCODE and RFID. RFID applications.

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS  FAS

Modularity, functional units and groups. Design for assembly  DFA. Layout o fan assembly line. Balancing o fan assembly line: KottasLau model. Parts and components of an assembly system. Buffering. Workstations layout and configuration.

MATERIAL HANDLING

Unit load handling (Transpallet, trucks, Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems  AS/RS etc.): classification, properties and performances. Conveyors (gravity roller, power roller, apron, mono and birail transport lines). Automated guided vehicles AGV and laser guided vehicles  LGV. Balancing and design of an AGV networks. Determination of the minimum number of vehicles.

WAREHOUSING SYSTEMS

Warehousing systems and inventory management. Unit loads: classifications. Performance indices. Pareto charts and cube per order index  COI. Determination of the best storage level. Storage allocation modes: random, dedicated storage, classbased storage, correlated, etc. Unit load vs less than unit load. Picking and order picking systems  OPS. Design of a man on board manual warehousing system. Design of an automated storage and retrieval systems  AS/RS. Federation Europeenne de la Manutention (FEM) 9851 models and rules. Model by Bozer & White. Literature studies and applications.

PICKING SYSTEMS

Models and tools for picking (less than unit load systems). Fast pick area vs reserve area. Storage allocation models and storage assignment rules.

TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND NETWORK DESIGN & MANAGEMENT

Readings/Bibliography

PARESCHI A., FERRARI E., PERSONA A., REGATTIERI A., Logistica integrata e flessibile, Progetto Leonardo Esculapio Bologna, 2011.

MANZINI R. (Ed.),Warehousing in the Global Supply Chain, Springer London 2011. ISBN 978-1-4471-2273-9

PARESCHI A., Impianti industriali, Collana Progetto Leonardo, Ed. Esculapio, Bologna, 2007

MANZINI R., REGATTIERI A., Manutenzione dei Sistemi di Produzione, Progetto Leonardo, Ed. Esculapio, Bologna, 2007 II edizione.

MANZINI R., REGATTIERI A., PHAM H., FERRARI E., 2010, Maintenance for industrial systems, Springer Londra.

Vollmann T.E., Berry W.L., Whybark D.C., Jacobs F.R., Manufacturing Planning & Control Systems for Supply Chain Management, McGraw-Hill 2005.

J.M.A.TANCHOCO, Material Flow Systems in Manufacturing, Chapman & Hall, 1994

J.A. Tompkins, J.A. White, E. H. Frazelle, J.M.A. Tanchoco, J.Trevino , Facilities Planning, John Wiley & Sons, INC. 1996.

Allegri T.H., Material Handling. Principles and practice, Krieger Publishing Company, Florida 1992.

R.L. FRANCIS, L.F. McGinnis, J.A. WHITE, Facility lay-out and location: an analytical approach, 2nd Edition Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1992.

F. TURCO, Principi generali di progettazione degli impianti industriali, C.L.U.P., Milano, 1990.

S. HERAGU, “Facilities Design”, Ed. PWS, Boston, 1997

A. BRANDOLESE, Studio del mercato e del prodotto, C.L.U.P., Milano, 1977.

D. DEL MAR, Operations and industrial management, McGraw-Hill, 1985.

A. BRANDOLESE, M. GARETTI, Processi produttivi. Criteri tecnici di scelta e progettazione, C.L.U.P., Milano, 1982.

R.J. TERSINE, Production/operations management, North Holland, New York, 1985.

A. MONTE, Elementi di Impianti Industriali, Ed. Cortina, Torino, 1982, 1-2.

LAMBERT D, STOCK J., Strategic Logistics Management, McGraw-Hill, 2001

LOUIS R., ”Integrating Kanban With Mrp II: Automating a Pull System for Enhanced Jit Inventory Management Productivity Press, Portland, 2001.

BOARIO M., DE MARTINI M., DI MEO E., GROS-PIETRO G.M., Manuale di Logistica, UTET, Torino, 1992, Voll. 1-2-3.

GRANDO A., Logistica e produzione, UTET, Milano, 1996.

CARON F., MARCHET G., WEGNER R., Impianti di movimentazione e stoccaggio dei materiali: criteri di progettazione, Hoepli, 1997.

BRANDOLESE A., POZZETTI A., SIANESI A., “Gestione della produzione industriale”, Hoepli, Milano, 1991

TERSINE R.J., Production/operations management, North Holland, New York, 1985.

MORTIMER J., Logistics in manufacturing, Ed. IFS Ltd, UK/Springer Verlag, 1988.

FERROZZI C., SHAPIRO R.D., HESKETT J.L., Logistica e strategia, 1-2, ISEDI, 1993, Torino.

BOWERSOX D.J., Logistica, strategia e integrazione in azienda, Tecniche Nuove,1989, Milano.

HOLLIER R.H., Automated guided vehicle systems, IFS Ltd., Bedford (UK), 1987.

HALL R., Obiettivo: scorte zero, Ed. ISEDI, Milano 1986.

MONDEN Y., Produzione Just-in-time, Ed. ISEDI, Milano, 1986.

Teaching methods

Theory, Numerical examples, case studies and applications.

Assessment methods

Write exam based on 1/2 exercises and 1/2 theoretic themes

Teaching tools

PARESCHI A., FERRARI E., PERSONA A., REGATTIERI A., Logistica integrata e flessibile, Progetto Leonardo Esculapio Bologna, 2011 NEW EDITION
Case studies and applications

Links to further information

http://warehousing.diem.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Riccardo Manzini