Exam 18: Supplement K Layout

Figure K.3 The information systems and operations management department of a small college is now designing its layout for newly built office space. An overhead view of the available office space reveals the following (note: assume all locations are measured from center point to center point): -Use the information in Figure K.3. What is the Euclidean distance between offices B and D?

Describe what is depicted in the visual representation of the detailed layout.

Figure K.2 A department store chain is designing a layout for a new store. The store manager wants to provide as much convenience as possible for her customers. Based on historical data, the number of trips between departments per hour is given in the following closeness matrix. A block plan showing a preliminary layout is also shown. Customer travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in the block plan as dotted lines. -Use the information in Figure K.2. A suggestion has been made to switch Hardware and Automotive. What would the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the entire store if these two departments were switched?

Figure K.6 The Deans' Suite The College of Business allocates some leftover funds for a complete remodel of the deans' suite. The project, titled "Use It or Lose It" has a number of objectives, one of which is to place departments or areas which have the greatest demand closest to each other as to minimize the total travel. Maintenance completely guts the top floor of the college and identifies 9 natural room locations within this space. These room locations are flexible, meaning that any one of them could be turned into an office, lounge, or other use. The room at the upper left of the grid has windows on two walls and has been claimed by the dean. The occupants of the deans' suite and their frequency of interaction is shown in the table. The layout of this new great space is shown in the graph. Each square represents 15' × 15' and thus their midpoints could be considered to be 15' apart if adjacent in a row or column. Adjacent diagonal rooms can be calculated as 21' apart. -Using Figure K.6, what is the rectilinear distance between the dean's office and the opposite corner of this great space, area 8?

A layout is the physical arrangement of human and capital resources used by processes clustered together into operations.

Describe the appearance and use of a closeness matrix.

Figure K.3 The information systems and operations management department of a small college is now designing its layout for newly built office space. An overhead view of the available office space reveals the following (note: assume all locations are measured from center point to center point): -Use the information in Figure K.3. What is the Euclidean distance between offices A and C?

A block plan allocates space and indicates the placement of each department within the framework of a new or existing facility.

Figure K.2 A department store chain is designing a layout for a new store. The store manager wants to provide as much convenience as possible for her customers. Based on historical data, the number of trips between departments per hour is given in the following closeness matrix. A block plan showing a preliminary layout is also shown. Customer travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in the block plan as dotted lines. -Use the information in Figure K.2. What is the total weighted-distance (wd) score between Hardware and Toys?

Acme Machine is a job shop that makes specialty parts for the airline industry. Figure #1 below shows the block plan for key manufacturing operations in its current facility. Acme believes there may be a way to reduce the total distance traveled between departments. Consider the two revisions that have been suggested, based on the closeness matrix shown below the block plans. The aisles are shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. -Use the information in Figure K.1. If travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in Figure 1, what is the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the block plan shown in Revision 1?

The ________ method measures distance between two points with a series of 90-degree turns.

Figure K.4 A company of four departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments. Assume rectilinear distance. -Use the information in Figure K.4. What is the overall weighted-distance score for the arrangement?

Figure K.4 A company of four departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments. Assume rectilinear distance. -Using the information in Figure K.4, which of these arrangements has the best weighted-distance score?

Figure K.5 A company of five departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments: -Use the information from Figure K.5. What is the total weighted distance for the current layout?

The ________ method is a mathematical model used to evaluate layouts based on proximity factors.

A closeness matrix can reflect the qualitative judgments of managers and employees, or can be based upon the number of trips between each pair of departments.

Figure K.3 The information systems and operations management department of a small college is now designing its layout for newly built office space. An overhead view of the available office space reveals the following (note: assume all locations are measured from center point to center point): -Use the information in Figure K.3. What is the rectilinear distance between offices B and D?

Acme Machine is a job shop that makes specialty parts for the airline industry. Figure #1 below shows the block plan for key manufacturing operations in its current facility. Acme believes there may be a way to reduce the total distance traveled between departments. Consider the two revisions that have been suggested, based on the closeness matrix shown below the block plans. The aisles are shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. -Use the information in Figure K.1. By picking Revision 1, how much would the total wd score be reduced (from the current facility's situation) if the revision that minimizes the total wd score were chosen?

Figure K.3 The information systems and operations management department of a small college is now designing its layout for newly built office space. An overhead view of the available office space reveals the following (note: assume all locations are measured from center point to center point): -Use the information in Figure K.3. What pair of locations has Euclidean and rectilinear distances that are identical?

Figure K.2 A department store chain is designing a layout for a new store. The store manager wants to provide as much convenience as possible for her customers. Based on historical data, the number of trips between departments per hour is given in the following closeness matrix. A block plan showing a preliminary layout is also shown. Customer travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in the block plan as dotted lines. -Use the information in Figure K.2. What is the total weighted-distance (wd) score between Office Supplies and Hardware?