Amy Zeng, owner of Zengs Restaurant Distributions, supplies nonperishable goods to restaurants around the metro area. She
Question:
Amy Zeng, owner of Zeng’s Restaurant Distributions, supplies nonperishable goods to restaurants around the metro area. She stores all the goods in a storage area with a single dock and one aisle. The goods are divided into five categories according to the following table. The table indicates the number of trips per month to store or retrieve items in each category, as well as the number of storage blocks taken up by each.
ITEM CATEGORY MONTHLY TRIPS AREA NEEDED
(BLOCKS)
Paper Products 50 2 Dishes, Glasses, and Silverware 16 4 Cleaning Agents 6 2 Cooking Oils and Seasonings 30 2 Pots and Pans 12 6 The following picture of the storage area provides an identification number for each of the 16 storage blocks. For each item category, indicate into which blocks it should be stored.
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Operations Management Sustainability And Supply Chain Management
ISBN: 9781292295039
13th Global Edition
Authors: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson