You have just been hired as the director of operations for Reid Chocolates, a pu

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You have just been hired as the director of operations for Reid Chocolates, a purveyor of exceptionally fine candies. Reid Chocolates has two kitchen layouts under consideration for its recipe making and testing department. The strategy is to provide the best kitchen layout possible so that food scientists can devote their time and energy to product improvement, not wasted effort in the kitchen. You have been asked to evaluate the two kitchen layouts and to prepare a recommendation for your boss, Mr. Reid, so that he can proceed to place the contract for building the kitchens.

For layout number two, the cumulative "load×distance" or "movement cost"equals=___ feet (enter your response as a whole number).

Figure 1 Number of trips centers olllRefrigerator Counter Sin Refrigerator 14

Explanation / Answer

We create a trip matrix and then a distance matrix.

So the answer is 520 feet.

Trips From/to Refrigerator Counter Sink Storage Stove Refrigerator 10 13 0 0 Counter 5 3 4 8 Sink 5 14 5 0 Storage 3 0 0 5 Stove 0 7 4 10 Distance From/to Refrigerator Counter Sink Storage Stove Refrigerator 4 12 12 4 Counter 4 3 4 4 Sink 12 3 4 4 Storage 12 4 4 3 Stove 4 4 4 3 Load distance 520 (Sum product of trip, distance matrix)

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