A Company Needs to Locate Three Departments (X, Y, and Z)in

Multiple Choice

A company needs to locate three departments (X, Y, and Z) in the three areas (I, II, and III) of a new facility. They want to minimize interdepartmental transportation costs, which are expected to be $0.50 per load per meter moved. An analyst has prepared the following distances and flow matrices:

How many least costly process layouts are there?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5