Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Factory Location and Facility Planning ENM306 6. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. İREM DÜZDAR
Instructor(s) İREM DÜZDAR
Assistants
Goals The site selection and facilities planning studies directly affect the profitability of the plant. To teach the reasons of plant location problems together with the facilities planning and to select the optimum place for a plant by using the related data and the scientific approaches.
Course Content To find the optimal solutions for these three problems the data gathering, data processing and creating the optimum by using optimization methods of engineering problems. These problems do not consider only the technical issues, but also the social and environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes - Develop the planning ability by preparing group projects about plant location, site selection and facilities planning and learn the project types suitable to the organization
- Learning the cost, quality and sustainability standards, and applications of the resource management by the help of resource allocation and task plans
- Getting the concrete applications of teached concepts like, line balancing, material handling, work units and workloads by using them for their projects
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction to Plant Location and Facilities Planning Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
2. Week The Importance of Plant Location and Facilities Planning Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
3. Week Plant Location and Capacity Planning Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
4. Week TECHNICAL VISIT Course Hours Other Activities Practice
5. Week Methods used for Plant Location Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
6. Week Methods used for Plant Location Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Other Activities
7. Week Technical Visit Other Activities Visual Presentation Course Hours Practice
8. Week Facilities and Process Planning Techniques Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Other Activities Course Hours
9. Week Facilities and Process Planning Techniques Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
10. Week Facilities Planning/ Hybrid Type/Product Baseded Planning Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours
11. Week Assembly Line Balancing Techniques Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Verbal Expression
12. Week Calculating the Distance Based Design Costs Other Activities Verbal Expression Course Hours Practice
13. Week Design and Improvement Algorithms Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours
14. Week Practises Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation Practice
Recommended Sources
Stratejiden Uygulamaya Tesis Planlama Prof. Dr. Haluk Erkut, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Murat Baskak, İrfan Yayınevi
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 Measurement Method
PY1 5 0 0 0 -
PY2 4 0 0 0 -
PY3 3 0 0 0 -
PY4 3 0 0 0 -
PY5 4 0 0 0 -
PY6 4 0 0 0 -
PY7 4 0 0 0 -
PY8 3 0 0 0 -
PY9 4 0 0 0 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 1.5 1.5
Homework 1 11 2 22
Final 1 2 2
Practice 10 3 30
Practice End-Of-Term 10 3 30
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 127.5
ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0