33925 - Industrial Systems M

Learning outcomes

Topics covered by the course and related to industrial plant layout design include:

•          design concepts

•          product and process analisys

•          equipment

•          operations

•          design process 

•          construction design

Course contents

The course provides the general criteria for choice, planning, design, realization and management of industrial production systems:

• criteria and procedures for economical evaluation of new industrial activities, specification of product, process and plant capacity (feasibility and market study, preventive determination of investment and production costs ...);
• quantitative and qualitative methods for selecting the plant site, for productive machinery and equipments location and for the best solution of layout problems;
• executive design, optimum times and methods for plant realization development and control of realization activities;
• materials management, production scheduling and control techniques

Readings/Bibliography

Testo consigliato:

1. A. PARESCHI, Impianti industriali, Bologna, Progetto Leonardo, 1994
2. F. TURCO, Principi generali di progettazione degli impianti industriali, C.L.U.P., Milano, 1978
3. R. MUTHER, Manuale del lay-out, ETAS KOMPASS, Milano, 1967
4. R.L. FRANCIS, J.A. WHITE, Facility lay-out and location: an analytical approach, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1974
5. BRANDOLESE, Studio del mercato e del prodotto, C.L.U.P., Milano, 1977
6. DELMAR, Operations and industrial management, McGraw-Hill, 1985
7. BRANDOLESE, M. GARETTI, Processi produttivi. Criteri tecnici di scelta e progettazione, C.L.U.P., Milano, 1982
8. R.J. TERSINE, Production/operations management, North Holland, New York, 1985
9. BRANDOLESE, A. POZZETTI, A. SIANESI, Gestione della produzione industriale, HOEPLI, Milano, 1991
10. S. HERAGU, Facilities Design, PWS Publishing company, 1998

Teaching methods

On the whole 60 teaching hours of frontal lessons and training. The main target is to give the student the capability to approach the dimensioning of an industrial plant, in terms of productivity and plant design, in a correct way

Assessment methods

Written examination about theory (2/3) and practice (1/3)

Teaching tools

Main text:

A. PARESCHI, Impianti industriali, Bologna, Progetto Leonardo, 2008

Some exercises provided on issues edited by the teaching staff also available at

https://www.universibo.unibo.it/insegnamento/11828/

Links to further information

https://www.universibo.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Emilio Ferrari