8. (**) As the new facilities manager at Hardin Company, you have been asked to determine the...

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8. (**) As the new facilities manager at Hardin Company, you have been asked to determine the layout for four departments on the fourth floor of the company’s headquarters.

Following is a map of the floor with distances between the areas.

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The number of interdepartmental trips made per day is as follows:

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Generate at least two alternative layout solutions.What is the maximum possible number of arrangements? Which of your two alternatives is best? Why?

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Introduction To Operations And Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 9780131791039

2nd Edition

Authors: Cecil C. Bozarth, Robert B. Handfield

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