Operation Management

Read about "Facility Layout at Wheeled Coach" - CH 9 and respond to the following:

• Discuss various analytical techniques available to help a company like Wheeled Coach deal with layout problems and explain the reasons for your choice.
• Provide a few concrete suggestions to Bob Collins to improve his layout.
• How would you measure the "efficiency" of this layout?

Show your understanding of the OMchapter concepts and the specific case situation

This is an interesting read:

Seyed-Mahmoud Aghazadeh. (2005). Layout strategies for retail operations: A case study: MRN.Management Research News,28(10), 31-46. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.library.berkeley.org/10.1108/01409170510785002Links to an external site.

Witcher, M. F., & Silver, H. (2019). Comparing facility layout options for managing business and operating risks.Biopharm International,32(6), 26-32. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.berkeley.org/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F2262022906%3Faccohttp://ezproxy.library.berkeley.org/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F2262022906%3FaccoLinks to an external site.

Please provide proper intext citation. Ensure that all external sources are properly cited within the text and is referenced appropriately at the end of the paper, including your course materials.

NOTE: DO NOT use chat GPT or AI (artificial intelligence) has to be human expert tutor's own words.