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A toy manufacturing company makes 3 different types of products. There are six various-sized departments involved. Given the following product routings and production forecasts construct a from-to chart for the facility. Develop a block layout using the graph-based method.
Products
Processing Sequences
Weekly Production
1
B D C A C F
300 units
2
B D A C E F
700 units
3
D B D C A E F
1000 units
Departments
Area requirements (ft2)
A
2000
B
2100
C
2600
D
400
E
600
F
2300
Products
Processing Sequences
Weekly Production
1
B D C A C F
300 units
2
B D A C E F
700 units
3
D B D C A E F
1000 units
Explanation / Answer
First the table was modified as below.
This was done to put all size in same scale.
Then a From to Matrix was prepared in which all vales were put as per table above i.e in case 1 the sequence BDABC the matrix the value 15 was put in B row and column D . The rows are "from" rows and columns are "to" columns.
So the from - to chart is
A B C D From Sums
A 30 92 122
B 15 122
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