Lectures: Tuesday-Thursday 9:30 - 11:00 AM, IC Room 213.
Laboratories: Wednesday 3:00 - 6:00 PM, IC Room 213.

Ballou, R. H., (1999). Business Logistics Management, 4^rd Edition. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

For example, the three files corresponding to the table of contents of the class notes are "overview.pdf" for the full text version, "overview_4.pdf" for four overheads to a page, "overview.pps" for the presentation show file, and "overview.htm" for the first web page of this chapter. This syllabus can also be downloaded and printed as Acrobat PDF file "isye_3101_syllabus.pdf".

Printed class notes are no longer available from the bookstore.

Blanchard, B., (1992). Logistics Engineering and Management. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Francis R. L., L. F. McGinnis, and J. A. White 2nd Edition (1992). Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Johnson J. and D. Wood, (1996). Contemporary Logistics. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Robeson, J. and W. Copacino, (1994). The Logistics Handbook. Free Press, New York, New York.

Tompkins J. and D. Harmelink, (1994). The Distribution Management Handbook. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York.

The objective of this course is to teach the student how to successfully complete an engineering design project in order to prepare the student for his senior design project and for later design projects in industry. The vehicle used is the design of industrial logistics systems.

There are five basic skills required in each engineering design project and in order to pass the course the student must show mastery of each of those skills:

1. Basic understanding of the methodologies and practices used in the design field, in this case logistics systems design.
1. Cooperation with team members and management of team efforts.
1. Presentation and influencing skills to defend your design and to get it accepted.
1. Acceptance of and adaptation to changing and imprecise design tasks and use of common (engineering) sense.
2. Acquisition of additional information from a variety of sources, such as trade and academic journals, the printed press, and the Internet.

The following is an extract of the address by Fred W. Garry, Vice-President of Corporate Engineering and Manufacturing, General Electric Company, to the Engineering Deans Institute Meeting (March 27, 1985) which remains current to this day.

Laboratory, homework, and reports count for 35 %. If the overall performance of the class is acceptable, then taking the final examination will be by individual student choice after the results of the second test have been returned. If you select not to take the final exam, then the midterm exam counts for 30 % and the second test for 35 %. If you select to take the final exam, then the midterm exam counts for 25 %, the second test counts for 20 % and the final exam counts for 20 %.

Homework, reports, and presentations, and class discussions are due in teams of a maximum of three persons. One grade will be given per team. Teams will remain the same for the duration of the semester, so potential members should ensure that they have compatible schedules. Projects and reports are discussed and corrected during the lab periods. Exercises and true-false question sets are discussed during class periods. The team can select the team member who will present a particular solution. For any presentation during the lab period, at least a title page must be handed in. The persons listed on the title page of the report or presentation will receive a grade for that report or presentation. It is the responsibility of the team to assure that each team member has contributed approximately equally to a report or presentation. Late homeworks and reports will neither be accepted nor graded. The team is responsible for assuring that at least one member of the team attends every class for getting all information, materials, and scheduling arrangements for the team.

At the beginning of every lecture, a team will be picked and asked to briefly summarize the main points of the previous lecture. The team should be prepared to answer questions such as: "What is the single most important point that you want to remember?" and "What main points were presented last lecture?"

Every week a set of true-false questions will be posted on the web site. One week later, a team will be selected to present in class their answers to the questions. If other teams have a different answer, a consensus answer will be derived through class discussion.

Occasionally exercises will be assigned in class. One week later a team will be selected and a member of the team must present the team's solution to the class. Fifty percent of the grade will be on the content of the presentation; the other half will be on the format of the presentation. These exercises do not have to be handed in.

Lab projects are of a larger scope than class exercises. Reports should be typewritten, double-spaced, on one side of 8.5 by 11 inch paper and within the length limit. All computer printouts and other material must be cut to the same 8.5 by 11-inch size. The reports should be of professional quality. Drawings should satisfy engineering standards; i.e. all elements must be properly dimensioned. Drawings can be created by computer or by hand using a ruler and compass, but lines or circles drawn without ruler or compass are not acceptable.

Presentation should be of professional quality. Audio-visual aids should be limited to overhead transparencies. The team member presenting the solution should be prepared to defend the team's solution and to answer questions. A clear and concise presentation of the solution and insight into the problem are of prime importance, and strict time limits will be imposed. Fifty percent of the grade will be on the content of the presentation; the other half will be on the format of the presentation.

Class attendance is not mandatory for individual students, but is highly recommended. The team is responsible for assuring that at least one member of the team attends every class for getting all the information, materials, and scheduling arrangements for the team, for presenting solutions to exercises and true false question sets, and for summarizing the previous class. Students should display a sign with their first and last names and team number or name. Software to create such signs is available in the ISyE Undergraduate Computer Lab.

Exams typically are open book and open notes. The first part of each exam will consist of a number of true-false questions similar to the questions discussed in class. The exam will also contain a computational question, were numerical correctness count for part of the credit.

Students graduating at the end of this quarter should contact the instructor immediately.