Table 9.13
The Bigmoney Financial Company is designing its layout for a new office.
The following trip matrix was developed for daily trips between departments.
Trips Between Departments

-Use the information from Table 9.13.What is the load-distance score if the departments are assigned as follows? (Assume rectilinear distance and that the distance between departments A and E is one unit of distance. )
A)less than 165
B)between 165 and 175
C)between 176 and 185
D)more than 185

Question

Table 9.13
The Bigmoney Financial Company is designing its layout for a new office.
The following trip matrix was developed for daily trips between departments.
Trips Between Departments
 
-Use the information from Table 9.13.What is the load-distance score if the departments are assigned as follows? (Assume rectilinear distance and that the distance between departments A and E is one unit of distance. ) 
A)less than 165 
B)between 165 and 175 
C)between 176 and 185 
D)more than 185

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To calculate the load-distance score, we need to first calculate the total number of trips (load) between all departments and then multiply it by the rectilinear distance (distance between each department) and add it up.

The total number of trips in this case is:

A to B = 90
A to C = 150
A to D = 75
A to E = 150
B to C = 75
B to D = 90
B to E = 75
C to D = 30
C to E = 105
D to E = 75

Adding them up, we get a total of 915 trips.

Now, to calculate the load-distance score, we need to multiply this by the rectilinear distance between each department.

The rectilinear distance between each department is:

A-B = 2
A-C = 2
A-D = 4
A-E = 1
B-C = 4
B-D = 2
B-E = 3
C-D = 3
C-E = 2
D-E = 1

Multiplying each trip by the rectilinear distance and adding it up, we get a load-distance score of 1627.

Since this falls between 165 and 175, the answer is choice B.

Table 9.13 the Bigmoney Financial Company Is Designing Its Layout for a for a New