Five machines located in a manufacturing cell are arranged in a “U” configuration as shown in the layout below. The material handling system employed is a bidirectional conveyor system. Determine the best machine arrangement given the product routing information and production rates in the table.

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A B BI-DIRECTIONAL CONVEYOR SYSTEM E D C Product 1 2 Machine Sequence B-E-A-C Prod. Rate 100 3 4 5 C-E-D B-C-E-A-D 200 500 A-C-E-B B-C-A 150 200 M/C Distance M/C Distance A-B 20' B-D 100' A-C 70' B-E 120' A-D 120' C-D 50' A-E 140' C-E 70' B-C 50' D-E 20'