Subject: Material handling (Industrial Engineering)
Shown in the figure below is a layout of an existing warehouse. One-way aisles are 8ft wide, while two-wayaisles are 16 ft wide (Direction of one-way aisles are depicted with arrows). Each storage bay is approximately 20ft x 20 ft. Three products (X, Y, and Z) are to be stored. Door A and Door B serve as the receiving and shippingdocks, respectively. The area requirements and load rates are shown in the table below. Determine the layoutfor product storage (which products should occupy which bays) that will minimize the expected travel distance.
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Product
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Area
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Load rate
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X
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6,400
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400
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Y
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8,800
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400
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Z
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2,400
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600
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