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. 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?

A) None-the current situation in Figure 1 provides the lowest total weighted-distance (wd) score.
B) less than or equal to 30
C) greater than 30 but less than or equal to 60
D) greater than 60 but less than or equal to 90