Problem 1: Process layout design Southern Mechanics decided to set up a new shop floor for skateboard. The building will have four equal size areas, and the shop floor will have our major departments: 1. Capentry (making the board) 2. Wheel 3. Storage 4. Office Southern Mechanics envisioned using the four areas to occupy the four departments. The distance matrix among the four areas is as follows (all distance values are given in feet): Distance Matrix 1 2 25 Area 1 2 3 3 45 60 4 35 20 10 Based on the forecasting and past experience, the following number of trips per hour between departments is estimated: Load Matrix Capentry Wheel Storage Office Capentry 60 80 10 Wheel 40 20 Storage 100 Office area 4 Problem 1.1 The operation manager is thinking about using the following departmental layout. area 1 area 2 area 3 Capentry! Storage Wheel Office Determine the (distance x trip number) matrix for the above layout. What is the total distance the shop floor will spend per hour? Problem 1.2 Determine a layout and the associated trip x distance matrix that will result in a lower total distance (Hint: Locate the departments that have a high traffic close to each other)