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This Question: 4 pts 2 of 36 (0 complete) This Test: 100 pts possilb Question Help Munson Manufacturing, in Gainesvile, Florida, wants to arrange its four work centers so as to minimize interdepartmental parts handling costs. The fows and existing facility layout are shown in the fgures below. Figure 1. Parts Moved Between Work Centers 460 75 350 200 700 Figure 2. Existing Layout a) For the existing layout, the cumulativo-oad x distance" or movement cost. ? feet enter your response as a whole nurnber Based on the flows shown in tho matrix, one should expect that the canters A dl be next to each other as they have the highest number of moves Baseod on the flows shown in tho matrix, one shoud oxpedt that centers C and will be next to each other es hey have he second ighest number of moves between each other. between each other. 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: Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.

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a.

Thus the movement cost = 88,650

One should expect that the centers A and C will be next to each other as they have the highest number of moves.

One should expect that the centers C and D will be next to each other as they have the second highest number of moves.

b.

Suppose that B is the 1st place. Then the movement cost is:

Thus C should be between A and D.

A to B 480*30    14,400.00 A to C 500*60    30,000.00 A to D 75*90      6,750.00 B to A 350*30    10,500.00 B to C 200*30      6,000.00 B to D 0*30                   -   C to D 700*30    21,000.00 Total    88,650.00

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