IE 3273 creditsPrereq: Pre-Requisite: IE 326 .Students must meet with their IE faculty advisor prior to registering for this course.Industrial Engineering or Engineering Science Majors Only.
IE 327: Facility Design & Materials Handling
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- Basics of design, analysis, and selection of manufacturing facilities and material-handling equipment. Approaches to analyzing manufacturing and material-handling systems. Applications of computers in modern facilities design and material handling, emphasizing material-flow control and storage. Economic justification models for manufacturing and material-handling systems.
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