Models and Methods for Facilities Layout Design from an Applicability to Real-World Perspective

Nathalie Marcoux, Diane Riopel and André Langevin

Chapter Chapter 5 in Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization, 2005, pp 123-170 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter first presents an extensive list of the strategic, tactical, and operational objectives found in the literature for facilities layout and handling system design. Based on these premises, the main objective of this chapter is to present a survey of operations research processors (models and methods) for the macro design problem, the focus being on their applicability to real-life problems.

Keywords: Production Research; Flexible Manufacturing System; Layout Design; Layout Problem; Facility Layout (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-387-24977-3_5

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9780387249773

DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24977-X_5

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().