A defence contractor is evaluating its machine shops current layout. Fig. 1 shows the current

layout, and the table shows closeness matrix for the facility measured as the number of trips per

day between department pairs.

Safety and health regulations require departments E and F to remain at their current locations.

a Use trial-and-error method to find a better layout.

b How much better is your layout than the current layout in terms of the weighted-distance

score? Use rectilinear distance.

Task no 2 A defence contractor is evaluating its machine shop's current layout. Fig. 1 shows the current layout, and the table shows closeness matrix for the facility measured as the number of trips per day between department pairs. Safety and health regulations require departments E and F to remain at their current locations. F A D Fig. 1 - current layout Department A : 83 E 9 F 5 / 3 Trips between departments a) Use trial-and-error method to find a better layout. b) How much better is your layout than the current layout in terms of the weighted-distance score? Use rectilinear distance