Exam 26: Layout

Figure K.1 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.1.What is the rectilinear distance between offices B and D?

K.1 Use the following to answer the questions below. 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. -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 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?

K.1 Use the following to answer the questions below. 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. -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 1?

Figure K.3 A company of four departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments: -Use the information from Figure K.3.What is the total weighted distance for the current layout?

Figure K.1 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.1.What is the Euclidean distance between offices A and C?

K.2 Use the following to answer the questions below. 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. -Refer to the instruction above.A suggestion has been made to switch Hardware and Automotive.What would the total weighted-distance (wd)score for the entire store if these two departments were switched?

Figure K.3 A company of four departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments: -Use the information from Figure K.3.The departmental pair that has the greatest weighted distance between them is:

The ________ method is a mathematical model used to evaluate layouts based on proximity factors.

A layout is the physical arrangement of human and capital resources used by processes clustered together into operations.

K.2 Use the following to answer the questions below. 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. -Refer to the instruction above.Based on your calculations,would you recommend that Hardware and Toys be switched?

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 Toys be switched?

Figure K.4 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.4,what is the rectilinear distance between the dean's office and the opposite corner of this great space,area 8?

Describe the appearance and use of a closeness matrix.

Figure K.1 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.1.What is the rectilinear distance between offices A and C?

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