A Missouri job shop has four

departmentslong dashmachining

(M), dipping in a chemical bath (D), finishing (F), and plating

(P)long dashassigned

to four work areas. The operations manager, Mary Marrs, has gathered the following data for the movement of material.

The number of workpieces moved yearly between work areas are:

	M	D	F	P
M	minus	600600	1 comma 8001,800	400400
D	minus	minus	500500	300300
F	minus	minus	minus	1 comma 9001,900
P	minus	minus	minus	minus

It costs

$ 0.75$0.75

to move 1 workpiece 1 foot in the job shop.For the layout design of the job shop, Mary has the current layout (Plan A) and two proposals (Plan B and Plan C).

a) LAYOUT PLAN

A:

Distance between work areas (departments) in feet:

	M	D	F	P
M	minus	2222	1313	99
D	minus	minus	77	1111
F	minus	minus	minus	55
P	minus	minus	minus	minus

The yearly total material handling cost of the current layout presented in PLAN A =

$nothing

(enter your response as a whole number)