Marillion Hospital is building a satellite clinic in the Lakeview area of Regina, Saskatchewan. The design committee has collected data on patient movement from similar facilities in hopes of making the new facility more efficient and customer-friendly.

a. Calculate the non-adjacent loads for the initial layout.
b. Which pairwise exchange of departments would most improve the layout?

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Patient Movements To From 1 3 6. 1 Intake 10 50 25 10 100 2 Exam room 30 40 20 20 3 Radiology 40 20 60 40 4 Laboratory 10 10 10 40 5 Orthopedics 30 20 10 30 6 Waiting room 40 60 50 20 50 Initial Layout 2 3