Keywords:
industrial plant maintenance
production planning and control
industrial engineering and management
material handling and storage
industrial logistics
Main topics are:
Industrial logistics
Automation of flow of material and of information in manufacturing
and process industry
Industrial Plant Design and Management
General services for plants
Main topics are automation of flow of material and of information
in manufacturing and process industry:
- design of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) and Flexible
Assembling Systems (FAS)
- design of automated material handling systems by AGVs (Automated
Guided Vehicle)
- design and management of automated warehouses
- materials requirement planning with MRP and JIT techniques
Industrial Plant Design and Management
Main topics in this area are related to the choice, planning,
design, carrying out and management of industrial production
systems. The following subjects are treated:
- criteria and procedures for economical evaluation of new
industrial activities, specification of product, process and plant
capacity;
- quantitative and qualitative methods for selecting the plant
site, for productive machinery and equipment location, for lay-out
problems;
- executive design, plant realisation development and control
- materials management, production scheduling and control
techniques
General services for plants
Economic problems and considerations about the most important
industrial services are discussed, with particular regard to
energetic recovery and saving in cogeneration plants
