(Please solve this problem in a Microsoft words) PROBLEM 2A: A FACILITY LAYOUT PROBLEM Benson Desk Company (BDC) seeks a layout for its new site. BDC has eight departments, namely: materials, storage, forming, machining, painting, assembly, The consultant appointed for the layout decided to use the Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) technique. He collected and prepared the following data for the layout. A. A relationship chart. (Based on Tables B and C). 17 Area (Sq. ft) From 2 3 4 5 6 8 U U E 700 0 (1) O (1) E U U com 600 E (1) A (23) 0 (1) E (2,3) U 1. Material storage. 2. Forming 3. Marching 4. Painting. S. Assembly. 6. Stamping 400 1 (1) Opel 0 (1) 1 (0) 1 (0) U 0 1 (1) 1 (0) E 200 1 900 (5.6) 200 1 (0) 1 7. Saw 300 8. Inspection 300 B Code 1 2 Reasons or factor Material handlimg. Shared personnel Ease of supervision Space utilization Noise Employee 4 5 Rating LA 1 O U Closeness Absolutely necessary Esnecially important Important Ordinary closeness Unimportant Lindesirable Numerical Weight 20 10 5 2 0 40 The first two layouts produced by the consultant during the solution process are as follows. Layout 1 6 4 7 5 3 8 Layout 2. 5 7 6 418 2 Questions a. Which of the layouts is better? b. Comment on the results of interchanging departments 1 with 5 in each of the layouts. (Assume that space is not a problem). d. In (a), improve on the worse of the two layouts so that it is as good or better than the other layout (the better layout)