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. If travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in Figure 1, what is the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the block plan shown in Revision 2?

Question

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. If travel between departments is restricted to the aisles shown in Figure 1, what is the total weighted-distance (wd) score for the block plan shown in Revision 2?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The total weighted-distance score is calculated by summing the products of the flow between departments and the distance traveled along the aisles. Based on the given block plan and the restricted aisles, the score falls within the range of greater than 60 but less than or equal to 90.

Acme Machine Is a Job Shop That Makes Specialty Parts