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Course Details
KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi
Programme of Industrial Engineering
Course Details
Course Code Course Name Year Period Semester T+A+L Credit ECTS
15260603 Facility Design and Planning 2025 Spring 6 3+0+0 3 5
Course Type Compulsory
Course Cycle Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language Turkish
Methods and Techniques -
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites -
Coordinator Prof. Murat DARÇIN
Instructor(s) Asst. Prof. Esra BOZ
Instructor Assistant(s) -
Course Instructor(s)
Name and Surname Room E-Mail Address Internal Meeting Hours
Asst. Prof. Esra BOZ A-306 [email protected] 7677
Course Content
Definition of facility planning / facility importance planning / functional facility planning / facility purpose design / scope planning / industrial types impacts of facility planning / workflow diagrams / product analysis / demand forecasting / preparation of assembly diagrams / assembly line balancing / machine positioning methods / product and process methods / group technology / methods for finding sections
Objectives of the Course
Being interested by many areas of engineering and other diciplines, facility design and planning aims to determine the best location for a facility to carry out its activities effectively and to make the decisions for using all the activities and resources in the most appropriate way to its needs
Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching
Basic Vocational Courses X
Specialization / Field Courses
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses
Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Program Learning Outcomes Level
P2 The ability to define, formulate, and analyze complex industrial engineering problems using fundamental science, mathematics, and engineering knowledge, while keeping in mind the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals. 5
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No Learning Outcomes Outcome Relationship Measurement Method **
O1 Understand facility location problems and solution methods, and describe their applications in everyday life. P.2.33 1
O2 Understand and interpret linear programming models within the scope of facility design and planning. P.2.34 1
O3 Be familiar with current examples in facility design. P.2.35 1
O4 Have general knowledge of capacity planning. P.2.36 1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week Topics
1 Basic definitions, general knowledge about the course, process of facility design
2 Facility location, factors that effect location, methods used for location
3 Basic facility location problems, single-facility and multi-facility location problems
4 Facility location analysis with fixed cost
5 Continuous facility location problems, rectilinear, euclidian and quadratic distance problems
6 Product development, market research, forecast methods, designs and diagrams
7 Machine-labour need, selection and "make or buy"analysis
8 Midterm
9 Machine-labour need, selection and "make or buy"analysis
10 Methods for planning and locating deparments
11 Flow consistency, schemes of flow relations and need for space
12 Making schemes of assembly / Balancing the assembly line
13 Operation process diagrams, from-to diagrams, group technology
14 Modelling for facility planning
15 Computer-aided facility planning algorithms
Textbook or Material
Resources Francis, R.L., McGinnis, L.F., and White, J.A., Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1992.
Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Attendance - -
Laboratory - -
Practice - -
Field Study - -
Course Specific Internship (If Any) - -
Homework - -
Presentation - -
Projects - -
Seminar - -
Quiz - -
Listening - -
Midterms 1 40 (%)
Final Exam 1 60 (%)
Total 100 (%)
ECTS / Working Load Table
Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time 14 3 42
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement) 14 3 42
Midterms 1 26 26
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 0 0 0
Practice 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Workshop 0 0 0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
Fieldwork 0 0 0
Final Exam 1 40 40
Other 0 0 0
Total Work Load: 150
Total Work Load / 30 5
Course ECTS Credits: 5
Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Learning Outcomes P2
O1 Understand facility location problems and solution methods, and describe their applications in everyday life. 5
O2 Understand and interpret linear programming models within the scope of facility design and planning. 5
O3 Be familiar with current examples in facility design. 5
O4 Have general knowledge of capacity planning. 5