The routing for these products and their forecasted production rates are Forecasted Production Product Routing (units/week)

1 A–B–C–D–E 200 2 A–D–E 900 3 A–B–C–E 400 4 A–C–D–E 650 Suppose that all four products are produced in batches of size 50.

a. Convert this information into a from-to chart similar to Figure 11–4 but giving the number of materials handling trips per week between departments.

b. Suppose that the cost of transporting goods 1 foot is estimated to be $2. Using the from-to chart you determined in part (a), obtain a from-to chart giving materials handling cost per week between departments.

c. Develop an activity relationship chart for this facility based on the materials handling cost from-to chart you obtained in part (b). Use only the rankings A, E, I, O, U, withA being assigned to the highest cost and U the least.

d. Based on the results of parts

(b) and (c), would you recommend a different layout for this facility?