Question: Q5) In a facility, five machines encoded as A,B,C,D and E are being used for the production of two different kind of products, namely Product

 Q5) In a facility, five machines encoded as A,B,C,D and E

Q5) In a facility, five machines encoded as A,B,C,D and E are being used for the production of two different kind of products, namely Product 1 and Product 2 . All the machines are assumed to be at a standard length of 3 meters in length, in a regular rectangular form. The space between any two machines is set to 1 meter for any proper layout alternative. The distance values btw. the machines for material handling activities are assumed to be calculated by the distance between the barycenters of the rectangular formed machines. In the total period of the observation time, 10 products from Product 1 and 20 products from Product 2 are going to be produced in this facility. Product 1 follows the E-B-C-D machine sequence during its production phase, while Product 2 follows A-C-D route. Required information about the process details is given as below. Tabie 1. trom-10 cnart Volume of the communication btw, the machines for any kind of (Product 1 or Product 2) unit product Table 2. Material handling costs of each communication btw. the machines for any kind of unit product (Product 1 or Product 2) Table 3. Activity - Relation diagram (or Affinity chart) for the communication relations between the machines Figure 1. The key for the total volume of the flow according to the computable total cost indicator Q5.1) Find the initial single row machine layout by using Hollier 1 Method (only) with the help of the given From-To chart. Q5.2) Then, use all the information given for you to suggest a better single row machine layout plan. Calculate the total cost indicators for your initial and suggested layouts, in order to compare them. Clearly show your calculations in the open form

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