Question: A manufacturing concern has five departments ( labeled A through E ) located in a rectangular building as shown below: table [ [ Flow

A manufacturing concern has five departments (labeled A through E) located in a rectangular building as shown below:
\table[[Flow-between Matrix],[,A,B,C,D,E],[A,-,0,5,0,5],[B,,-,6,2,0],[C,,,-,3,0],[D,,,,-,7],[E,,,,,-]]
\table[[Unit cost ($/Unit Dist.)],[,A,B,C,D,E],[A,-,0,1,0,1],[B,,-,1,4,0],[C,,,-,3,0],[D,,,,-,1],[E,,,,,-]]
\table[[Distance Matrix],[,A,B,C,D,E],[A,-,6,19,18,11],[B,,-,12,22,15],[C,,,-,10,8],[D,,,,-,7],[E,,,,,-]]
a)(4 points) Using the CRAFT two-way exchange procedure, indicate all the department pairs CRAFT would consider exchanging in the above layout.
b)(5 points) Compute the estimated cost of exchanging departments A and E .(The Distance Matrix gives the approximate distance between departments for the current given layout, and you can directly use it.)
A manufacturing concern has five departments (

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