Exam 18: Supplement K Layout

Figure K.2 A department store chain is designing a layout for a new store. The store manager wants to provide as much convenience as possible for her customers. Based on historical data, the number of trips between departments per hour is given in the following closeness matrix. A block plan showing a preliminary layout is also shown. Customer travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in the block plan as dotted lines. -Use the information in Figure K.2. Based on your calculations, would you support the recommendation to switch Hardware and Toys?

Figure K.6 The Deans' Suite The College of Business allocates some leftover funds for a complete remodel of the deans' suite. The project, titled "Use It or Lose It" has a number of objectives, one of which is to place departments or areas which have the greatest demand closest to each other as to minimize the total travel. Maintenance completely guts the top floor of the college and identifies 9 natural room locations within this space. These room locations are flexible, meaning that any one of them could be turned into an office, lounge, or other use. The room at the upper left of the grid has windows on two walls and has been claimed by the dean. The occupants of the deans' suite and their frequency of interaction is shown in the table. The layout of this new great space is shown in the graph. Each square represents 15' × 15' and thus their midpoints could be considered to be 15' apart if adjacent in a row or column. Adjacent diagonal rooms can be calculated as 21' apart. -Using Figure K.6, what is the best location for the restroom?

Acme Machine is a job shop that makes specialty parts for the airline industry. Figure #1 below shows the block plan for key manufacturing operations in its current facility. Acme believes there may be a way to reduce the total distance traveled between departments. Consider the two revisions that have been suggested, based on the closeness matrix shown below the block plans. The aisles are shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. -Use the information in Figure K.1. If travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in Figure 1, what is the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the block plan shown in Figure 1?

A(n) ________ allocates space and indicates placement of each department.

Euclidean distance calculations are usually more realistic than rectilinear distance calculations when determining the walking distance between operations in a building.

Figure K.4 A company of four departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments. Assume rectilinear distance. -Use the information in Figure K.4. Which pair of departments has the greatest weighted-distance score?

A firm of four departments has the following trip matrix and current block plan of all departments: a. What is the weighted-distance score for the current layout? (Assume rectilinear distance and that the distance between departments A and B is one unit of distance.) b. What would be the weighted-distance score for the following layout?

A department store chain is designing a layout for a new store. The store manager wants to provide as much convenience as possible for her customers. Based on historical data, the number of trips between departments per hour is given in the following closeness matrix. A block plan showing a preliminary layout is also shown. Customer travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in the block plan as dotted lines. CALCULATIONS TABLE a. What is the total expected weighted-distance score between Office Supplies and Hardware? b. What is the total weighted-distance score between Hardware and Toys? c. What is the total weighted-distance score for the entire store? d. A suggestion has been made to switch Hardware and Automotive. What would the total weighted-distance score for the entire store be if these two departments were switched? e. Based on your calculations, would you recommend that Hardware and Automotive be switched?

Figure K.2 A department store chain is designing a layout for a new store. The store manager wants to provide as much convenience as possible for her customers. Based on historical data, the number of trips between departments per hour is given in the following closeness matrix. A block plan showing a preliminary layout is also shown. Customer travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in the block plan as dotted lines. -Use the information in Figure K.2. What is the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the entire store?

A detailed visual representation of the block plan helps decision-makers discuss the proposal and problems that might be otherwise overlooked, particularly when evaluating high customer-contact processes.

Figure K.5 A company of five departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments: -Use the information from Figure K.5. The departmental pair that has the greatest weighted distance between them is:

Acme Machine is a job shop that makes specialty parts for the airline industry. Figure #1 below shows the block plan for key manufacturing operations in its current facility. Acme believes there may be a way to reduce the total distance traveled between departments. Consider the two revisions that have been suggested, based on the closeness matrix shown below the block plans. The aisles are shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. -Use the information in Figure K.1. If travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in Figure 1, what is the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the block plan shown in Revision 2?

Figure K.6 The Deans' Suite The College of Business allocates some leftover funds for a complete remodel of the deans' suite. The project, titled "Use It or Lose It" has a number of objectives, one of which is to place departments or areas which have the greatest demand closest to each other as to minimize the total travel. Maintenance completely guts the top floor of the college and identifies 9 natural room locations within this space. These room locations are flexible, meaning that any one of them could be turned into an office, lounge, or other use. The room at the upper left of the grid has windows on two walls and has been claimed by the dean. The occupants of the deans' suite and their frequency of interaction is shown in the table. The layout of this new great space is shown in the graph. Each square represents 15' × 15' and thus their midpoints could be considered to be 15' apart if adjacent in a row or column. Adjacent diagonal rooms can be calculated as 21' apart. -Using Figure K.6, what is the best area for the associate dean?

Figure K.3 The information systems and operations management department of a small college is now designing its layout for newly built office space. An overhead view of the available office space reveals the following (note: assume all locations are measured from center point to center point): -Use the information in Figure K.3. What is the rectilinear distance between offices A and C?

Acme Machine is a job shop that makes specialty parts for the airline industry. Figure #1 below shows the block plan for key manufacturing operations in its current facility. Acme believes there may be a way to reduce the total distance traveled between departments. Consider the two revisions that have been suggested, based on the closeness matrix shown below the block plans. The aisles are shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. -Use the information in Figure K.1. Considering the current facility situation and the two suggested revisions, if Acme wishes to minimize the total weighted-distance score, which option should be selected?

Detailed layouts can be two-dimensional drawings, three-dimensional models, or computer-aided graphics.

A firm of six departments has the following trip matrix and current block plan of all departments: a. What is the weighted-distance score for the current layout? (Assume rectilinear distance and that the distance between departments A and B is one unit of distance.) b. What would be the weighted-distance score for the following layout?

A block plan is a table that gives a measure of the relative importance of each pair of centers being located close together.

A(n) ________ gives the relative importance of each pair of operations or departments being located close together.