Current Layout Configuration

Current Department Locations

1
8

2
7

3
6

4
5

Total Cost: $3,717

Assignment: Complete
Department Name
Shipping & Receiving
Plastic Molding/Stamping
Metal Forming
Sewing
Small Toy Assembly
Large Toy Assembly
Painting
Mechanism Assembly

Dept #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Assignment
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK

Process layout example

shown in Exhibits TN5.1 - 5.8

Each department must be assigned

a location within the layout once.
Departments not assigned are
identified as "Missing." Departments
assigned more than once are
identifed as "Multiple."

Starting layout
1
2

3
4

5
6

Page 2

7
8

Interchange of depts 4 & 6

1
2

3
6

5
4

Page 3

7
8

Tn5.8
1
4

6
2

7
5

Page 4

3
8

TN5.7
5
3

8
2

1
4

Page 5

6
7

Layout Evaluation
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5

175
50
0
30
200
20
25

A
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5

2
175
0
100
75
90
80
90

B
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

2
175

3
50
0
17
88
125
99
180

Flow Data
4
5
0
30
100
75
17
88
20
20
5
0
0
180
25
187

6
200
90
125
5
0
374
103

Material Handling Cost

C
D
E
F
3
4
8
7
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Resulting Flow x Cost Matrix
3
4
8
7
100
0
25
20
0
200
90
80
17
360
99
75
0
7

Total Cost: $3,717

7
20
80
99
0
180
374

8
25
90
180
25
187
103
7

G
6
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0

H
5
3
2
1
1
3
2
1
0

Reference Locations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

6
400
90
125
5
206
374

5
90
150
88
20
561
360
0

Current Layout
2
3
7
6

132.75

1
8

4
5