6. Use trial and error to develop a better layout for Gator Office Supplies. Whi

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6. Use trial and error to develop a better layout for Gator Office Supplies. Which departments do you think need to be in close proximity to one another? 7. T-Shirts Unlimited is a retailer that sells every kind of T-shirt imaginable. The different types of T-shirts are stored in departments that all take up the same amount of space. Given the available warehouse space Figure 10.15) and a from-to matrix showing the num- ber of trips to and from each department (Table 10.13), help T-Shirts Unlimited decide where to store each type of T-shirt. ? FIGURE 10.15 Warehouse storage areas for T-Shirts Unlimited 1. 2. 3. 4 5. Storage Storage Storage Dock Aisle 9. StorageStorageStorage 59% Page 385 of 680

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The storage startegy is to have lowest possible distance travels for T -shirts.

Dock is the center point from where to and from trips are required.

Storage Strategy : Store the highest trips material close to the dock station so that the distance travel will be lowest. So highest trips T-shirts are stored close to the dock station. After this second highest trips t-shirts are stored and so on. Hence the T-shirts storage is organized based on the decreasing order of the number of trips from dock station. Hence the proposed storage options are as below

Storage Option 1-

    

Storage Option 2 -

Men's T Shirts
(63 trips) Children's T Shirts
(55 trips) Fashion's T Shirts
(48 trips) Dock Aisle Undershirts
(60trips) Sports's T Shirts
(50 trips) Women's T Shirts
(35 trips)

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