- Docente: Marco Bortolini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 5724)
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from Sep 16, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024
Learning outcomes
Students know general criteria and quantitative methods for the feasibility study, design, management and assessment of modern industrial plans.
Course contents
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Definitions and concept of industrial plant
Classification and taxonomy of industrial plants and production systems
Production strategies
General framework for the feasibility study and design of industrial plants
FEASIBILITY STUDY & PRODUCT STUDY
Concept of feasibility study and its operative phases
Market analysis: short-, mid- and long-term
Statistical analysis and samplings
Correlation analysis and economic indicators
Marker demand, past trend assessment, cyclical and seasonal effects
Extrapolation, floating averages and weighted floating averages, exponential smoothing
KPIs and coefficients: MAE, MAPE, RMSE
From the market demand to production target
Product life cycle and product design: functional, shape and process projects
Notes on the technological cycle and auxiliary production resources
ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Cost classification
Profit diagrams (unitary and global charts)
Cash-flow, revenue, cost, profit and margin
Amortization and amortization plan
NPV, IRR and payback period to assess the economic profitability of industrial plants
PRODUCTION PLANT STUDY & GENERAL LAYOUT
P-Q analysis and layout
Flow-shop, Job-shop and Mixed layout: features pro & cons
Group technology and product families
Design of manufacturing lined and departments
Production-oriented curve by volume and value
4.0 manufacturing systems: FMS and RMS, workstations, operators, buffers
Design of manufacturing cells: analytical methods and machine-robot chart
Design and balancing of manual, automated and flexible (FAS) assembly lines, exact methods (ALB1 and ALB2) and heuristics (Largest-Candidate Rule, Kilbridge and Wester, Ranked Positional Weights)
Assessment of the space requirement
Approaches to generate layout alternatives and selection criteria
Notes on criteria to locate industrial plants
Readings/Bibliography
Recommended book (in Italian):
A. Pareschi. (2007). Impianti Industriali - Criteri di Scelta, Progettazione e Realizzazione (2° edizione). Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna. ISBN: 978-88-7488-234-2.
Additional readings by the lecturers
Other books for individual additional study (in Italian):
A. Pareschi, E. Ferrari, A. Persona, A. Regattieri. (2011). Logistica Integrata e Flessibile per i sistemi produttivi dell’industria e del terziario con applicazioni numeriche e progettuali (2° edizione). Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna. ISBN: 978-88-7488-464-3.
R.F. Jacobs, R.B. Chase, A. Grando, A. Sianesi. (2020). Operations Management nella Produzione e nei Servizi (4° edizione). Mc Graw-Hill, Milano. ISBN: 978-88-386-9563-6.
A. Brandolese, A. Pozzetti, A. Sianesi. (1991). Gestione della Produzione Industriale – Principi, Metodologie, Applicazioni e Misure di Prestazione. Hoepli, Milano. ISBN: 88-203-1902-0.
D.J. Bowersox, D.J. Closs, O.K. Helferich. (1989). Logistica – Strategia e Integrazione in Azienda. Tecniche Nuove, Milano. ISBN: 88-7081-346-0.
A.F. de Toni, R. Panizzolo. (2018). Sistemi di Gestione della Produzione. Isedi, De Agostini Scuola, Novara. ISBN: 978-88-8008-382-5.
A. Payaro. (2022). Logistica Pratica – Concetti Essenziali per la Comprensione e la Gestione della Logistica e della Supply Chain. Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna. ISBN: 978-88-9385-293-7.
F. Mocellin (2011). La Gestione delle Scorte e del Magazzino – Metodi Logistici per il Lean Manufacturing. Franco Angeli, Milano. ISBN: 978-88-917-4476-0.
J. Bicheno, A.P. Staudacher. (2009). Metodologie e Tecniche per la Lean. Pitagora Editrice, Bologna. ISBN: 88-371-1744-4.
A. Brun, M. Casadio Strozzi. (2020). Manuale Six Sigma per le Green Belt. Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna. ISBN: 978-88-9385-220-3.
A. Brun, M. Casadio Strozzi. (2020). Manuale Six Sigma per le Black Belt. Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna. ISBN: 978-88-9385-240-1.
Teaching methods
The class includes teaching lessons, practical applications, case studies and numerical applications.
Assessment methods
The assessment is made of a final exam to check knowledge and abilities. The final exam is by a written paper.
In the written paper, students are asked to solve n.2 numerical applications, given the knowledge of the contents behind them, togegher with the discussion of one or more topics/questions on the class theory and concepts.
Teaching tools
The reference web platform for the teaching material is VIRTUALE updated step-by-step during the class lessons.
Office hours
See the website of Marco Bortolini
SDGs




This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.