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?

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. 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?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To determine the best option for minimizing the total weighted-distance score, one would typically calculate the weighted-distance score for each option (current situation, Revision 1, and Revision 2) based on the distances between facilities and the weights representing the volume of goods or interactions between them. Without specific details from Figure K.1, we cannot perform exact calculations here. However, the correct choice suggests that Revision 1 offers a configuration that minimizes the total weighted-distance score more effectively than the current situation or Revision 2, indicating that it likely arranges the facilities in a manner that reduces the overall distance goods or services need to travel, taking into account the volume of interactions between facilities.

Acme Machine Is a Job Shop That Makes Specialty Parts