Operations and Supply Chain Management
Operations and Supply Chain Management
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024023
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 8, Problem 1DQ
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To explain: The kind of layout in a physical fitness center.

Facility layout:

It is the arrangements of various features of manufacturing in an efficient manner so as to achieve the desired results in production.

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The process layout is used in a physical fitness center. In process layout, the equipment is arranged according to its function for maximum efficiency. In the physical fitness center, similar equipment or functions are assigned together like the rowing machines in one section of the layout and the weight machines in another section of the layout.

The customers who are exercise enthusiasts will move through the fitness center by following an established sequence of operations.

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