Acme Machine Is a Job Shop That Makes Specialty Parts

Multiple Choice

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. Considering the current facility situation and the two suggested revisions, if Acme wishes to minimize the total weighted-distance score, which option should be selected?

A) current situation-stay with Figure 1
B) Revision 1
C) Revision 2
D) either Revision 1 or Revision 2-they have the same what is the total weighted-distance (wd) score