Question

Five departments, 1 to 5, are to be assigned to locations B - F in the grid below. For technical reasons, department 6 must be assigned to location A. Transportation cost is $2 per metre. The objective is to minimize total transportation cost. Information on from-to departmental work flows and distances between centres of locations is shown in the following tables. Create a weighted from-to diagram and a dimensionless block diagram showing a layout to meet the needs and evaluate the total transportation cost.

Answer 1

To minimize total transportation cost, create a weighted from-to diagram and a dimensionless block diagram to determine the layout.

Step-by-step explanation:

The objective of this problem is to assign the five departments (1 to 5) to locations B - F on a grid, with department 6 assigned to location A. The goal is to minimize total transportation cost. To evaluate the cost, we need to consider the distances between the centers of the locations and the flows between the departments. Once we have this information, we can create a weighted from-to diagram and a dimensionless block diagram to determine the layout and calculate the total transportation cost.