Munson Manufacturing, in Gainesville, Florida, wants to arrange its four work ce
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Munson Manufacturing, in Gainesville, Florida, wants to arrange its four work centers so as to minimize interdepartmental parts handling costs. The flows and existing facility layout are shown in the figures below. Figure 1. Parts Moved Between Work Centers 75 350 200 700 0 Figure 2. Existing Layout 303030 a) For the existing layout, the cumulative "loadx distance" or "movement cost" 89850 feet (enter your response as a whole number) Based on the flows shown in the matrix, one should expect that the centers A and B will be next to each other as they have the highest number of moves between each other. Based on the flows shown in the matrix, one should expect that centers C and D will be next to each other as they have the second highest number of moves between each other b) The aim is to improve the layout so that the total "movement cost" can be reduced. Functional locations for A and D have been fixed. In the improved layout, the work center that should be located between them is:Explanation / Answer
a) For the existing layout, the cumulative "load x distance" or "movement cost" = movements between A to B and B to A * Distance between A and B + movement between A to C and C to A * distance between A and C + movement between A to D and D to A * distance between A and D + movement between B to C and C to B * distance between B and C + movement between C to D and D to C * distance between C and D
= (420+350)*30+550*60+75*90+200*30+700*30
= 89,850 feet
A and B will be next to each other, as they have the highest number of moves between each other
C and D will be next to each other, as they have the second highest number of moves between each other.
b) A should be next to B and C, and C should be next to D, therefore C should be located between A and D
The resulting layout is following
Cumulative distance based on overall movement of parts between work centers for this layout = movements between A to B and B to A * Distance between A and B + movement between A to C and C to A * distance between A and C + movement between A to D and D to A * distance between A and D + movement between B to C and C to B * distance between B and C + movement between C to D and D to C * distance between C and D
= (420+350)*30+550*30+75*60+200*60+700*30
= 77,100 feet
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