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David’s Sport Supplies is a store that sells sports equipment and gear for teenagers and young adults. David’s is in the process of assigning the location of storage areas in its warehouse (Figure 10.16) to minimize the number of trips made to retrieve needed items. Given here in Table 10.14 are the departments that need to be located, the number of trips made per week for each department, and the area needed by each department.

Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Dock Aisle Aisle Aisle Aisle Aisle Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage FIGURE 10.16 Warehouse storage areas for David's Sport Supplies Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Dock Alsle Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage TABLE 10.14 Department Information for David's Sport Supplies Trips to and Area Needed Baseball equipment 2 Football gear 3. Hockey equipment 4. Basketball equipment 5. Sports clothes from Dock 160 100 150 120 270

Explanation / Answer

Based on the above ranks (assigned based on the descending L/S ratio), we start assigning from rank 1 to 5 with rank 1 being closest to the dock and rank 5 being farthest. In this way, the following layout is derived.

Dept. trips to and from dock (L) Area Needed (S) L/S Rank 4. basketball equip 120 1 120 1 2. football gear 100 1 100 2 5. Sports clothes 270 3 90 3 1. baseball equip 160 2 80 4 3. hockey equip 150 3 50 5

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