As the manager of a sandwich shop, you have been asked to recommend a kitchen layout for a new shop. Your district manager has suggested two new configurations that appear in Figures 1 & 2. The district manager is interested in reducing the foot traffic in the shop to improve efficiency. The number of trips made per day between stations (i.e., load) is provided in the following table. Distances (in feet) are provided on the diagrams that follow. Demand (Load data)

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What is the total load-distance for Configuration 1?

2. What is the total load-distance for Configuration 2?

 

3. Which configuration is better?

5. As the manager of a sandwich shop, you have been asked to recommend a kitchen layout for a
new shop. Your district manager has suggested two new configurations that appear in Figures 1
& 2. The district manager is interested in reducing the foot traffic in the shop to improve
efficiency. The number of trips made per day between stations (i.e., load) is provided in the
following table. Distances (in feet) are provided on the diagrams that follow.
Demand (Load data)
Sink
60
Refrigerator
Sink
Grill
Oven
Configuration 1 (numbers represent feet between stations)
Sink
Refrigerator
6
20
10
Grill
8
Oven
7
Grill
100
55
LO
Oven
55
50
95
Refrigerator
Transcribed Image Text:5. As the manager of a sandwich shop, you have been asked to recommend a kitchen layout for a new shop. Your district manager has suggested two new configurations that appear in Figures 1 & 2. The district manager is interested in reducing the foot traffic in the shop to improve efficiency. The number of trips made per day between stations (i.e., load) is provided in the following table. Distances (in feet) are provided on the diagrams that follow. Demand (Load data) Sink 60 Refrigerator Sink Grill Oven Configuration 1 (numbers represent feet between stations) Sink Refrigerator 6 20 10 Grill 8 Oven 7 Grill 100 55 LO Oven 55 50 95 Refrigerator
Configuration 2 (numbers represent feet between stations)
Grill
6
20
10
Oven
8
Sink
7
5
Refrigerator
Transcribed Image Text:Configuration 2 (numbers represent feet between stations) Grill 6 20 10 Oven 8 Sink 7 5 Refrigerator
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