
Managing Supply Chain and Operations 1st Edition by Thomas Foster ,Scott Sampson,Cynthia Wallin,Scott Webb
Edition 1ISBN: 9780134110219
Managing Supply Chain and Operations 1st Edition by Thomas Foster ,Scott Sampson,Cynthia Wallin,Scott Webb
Edition 1ISBN: 9780134110219 Exercise 32
A job shop has work centers arranged as follows:
Assume that it costs $1 /unitary distance and that the monthly loads are as shown in the following From/To matrix.
The job shop is considering the proposed alternative out shown below:
a. Calculate the load-distance cost of the current job shop layout.
b. Calculate the load-distance cost of the proposed alternative layout.
c. Based on your analysis, does the proposed layout improve the layout of the job shop based on the load- distance cost?

Assume that it costs $1 /unitary distance and that the monthly loads are as shown in the following From/To matrix.

The job shop is considering the proposed alternative out shown below:

a. Calculate the load-distance cost of the current job shop layout.
b. Calculate the load-distance cost of the proposed alternative layout.
c. Based on your analysis, does the proposed layout improve the layout of the job shop based on the load- distance cost?
Explanation
Load-distance model:
Load- distance mod...
Managing Supply Chain and Operations 1st Edition by Thomas Foster ,Scott Sampson,Cynthia Wallin,Scott Webb
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