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

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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 these 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.

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The first kitchen layout is shown in Figure 2 below. The walking distance between the areas is in feet. For? example, the distance from area 1 to area 2 is 4? feet, area 1 to area 3 is 8 feet.

For layout number? one, the cumulative ?"loadtimes × ?distance" or? "movement ?cost"equals = _____ feet ?(enter your response as a whole?number).

The second kitchen layout is shown in Figure 3 below. The walking distance between the areas is in feet. For? example, the distance from area 1 to area 2 is 7? feet, area 1 to area 5 is 14 feet.

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

Among the two given? layouts, based on the cumulative ?"loadtimes × ?distance," the better layout is presented in ____. (Layout 1/Layout 2).

Figure 1. Number of trips between work centers Counter Sink Storage Stove To: Refrigerator From 10 13 Refrigerator Counter Sink Storage Stove 12 10 e first kitchen layout is shown in Figure 2 below. The walking distance between the areas is in feet. For example, the tance from area 1 to area 2 is 4 feet, area 1 to area 3 is 8 feet. Figure 2. Kitchen Layout #1 Counter Sink Storage Stove Refrigerator 4 4

Explanation / Answer

a) For layout number one, load x distance or movement cost = SUM(Number of trips between pair of dept x distance between depts)

= (10+7)*4 + (13+3)*8 + (0+5)*12 + (3+12)*4 + (5+0)*8 + (9+8)*12 + (4+0)*4 + (0+5)*8 + (6+10)*4

= 680

b) For layout number two, load x distance or movement cost = SUM(Number of trips between pair of dept x distance between depts)

= (10+7)*7 + (13+3)*8 + (0+5)*12 + (3+12)*5 + (5+0)*6 + (9+8)*7 + (4+0)*4 + (0+5)*9 + (6+10)*6

= 688

c) Among the two given layouts, based on the cumulative "loadtimes × distance," the better layout is presented in _Layout 1___

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