Question

A Missouri job shop has four Department machining (M), dipping in a chemical bath (D), finishing (F)and plating (P)long dash-assigned to four work areas. The operations manager, Mary Marrs, has gathered the following data for the movement of material. The number of workpieces moved yearly between work areas are: MDF P 700 1,900 300 - 500 300 - 1,800 It costs $ 1.00$1.00 to move 1 workpiece 1 foot in the job shop. For the layout design of the job shop, Mary has the current layout (Plan A) and two proposals (Plan B and Plan C). a) LAYOUT PLAN A: Distance between work areas (departments) in feet: MDF P M - 20 13 9 D- - 7 11 F - - - 4 P - - - The yearly total material handling cost of the current layout presented in PLAN A = (enter your response as a whole number).

Answer 1

Between		# movements (n)	Unit distance (d)	Distance (n*d)
M	D	700	20	14,000
M	F	1,900	13	24,700
M	P	300	9	2,700
D	F	500	7	3,500
D	P	300	11	3,300
F	P	1,800	4	7,200
			Total distance	55,400

Total distance moved in a year following layout-A = 55,400 feet.

So,

the total annual cost = 55,400 * $1.00 = $55,400