Data Table

Area A

Area B

Area C

Area D

Entrance

(1)

Exam room 1

(2)

Exam room 2

(3)

X-ray

(4)

Labtest/EKG

(5)

Operating room

(6)

Recovery room

(7)

Cast-setting room

(8)

Area E

Area F

Area G

Area H

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Data Table

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

80

80

0

0

0

0

0

Entrance/Initial processing(1)

0

40

30

0

0

0

Exam room 1(2)

25

30

0

0

0

Exam room 2(3)

15

0

0

10

X-ray (4)

10

5

0

Labtest/EKG (5)

35

0

Operating room(6)

0

Recovery room(7)

Cast-setting room(8)

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Snow-Bird Hospital is a smallemergency-oriented facility located in a popular ski resort in Northern Michigan. Its newadministrator, MaryLord, decides to reorganize the hospital using theprocess-layout method she studied in business school.

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Click the icon to view the current layout ofSnow-Bird's eight departments.

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Click the icon to view the number of trips by patients between departments in an average month.

The only physical restriction perceived by Lord is the need to keep theentrance/initial processing room in its current location. All other departments or rooms(each of 15 feetsquare) can be moved if layout analysis indicates a move would be beneficial.

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Click the icon to view the improvement made by Lord.

Is further improvementpossible? Ifso, what isit?

By allocating the spaces in the order in which the tasks are usuallyperformed, total movement is

nothing

feet (enter your response as a wholenumber).