Departments A, B, C, and D need to be assigned to four rooms 1, 2, 3, and
Question:
Departments A, B, C, and D need to be assigned to four rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4. These rooms are arranged in a row, in that order, with 20 meters between each. The departmental work flows are contained in the table below.
(a) What is the material handling total of assigning A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4?
Flow Matrix | ||||
Dept. A | Dept. B | Dept. C | Dept. D | |
Dept. A | 0 | 30 | 5 | 20 |
Dept. B | 5 | 0 | 40 | 20 |
Dept. C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 40 |
Dept. D | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Departments A, B, C, and D need to be assigned to four rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4. These rooms are arranged in a row, in that order, with 20 meters between each. The departmental work flows are contained in the table below.
(b) What is the material handling total of assigning A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2?
Flow Matrix | ||||
Dept. A | Dept. B | Dept. C | Dept. D | |
Dept. A | 0 | 30 | 5 | 20 |
Dept. B | 5 | 0 | 40 | 20 |
Dept. C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 40 |
Dept. D | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Which layout do is superior:
A-B-C-D (a) | ||
A-D-B-C (b) | ||
They are the same | ||
We don't have enough information to determine |
