six processes are to be laid out in six areas


Six processes are to be laid out in six areas along a long corridor at Linda Babat Accounting Services. The distance between adjacent work centres is 40 feet. The number of trips between work centres is given in the following table: Trips between Processes To From A B C D E F A 18 25 73 12 54 B 96 23 31 45 C 41 22 20 D 19 57 E 48 F a) Assign the processes to the work areas in a way that minimizes the total flow, using a method that places processes with highest flow adjacent to each other. b) What assignment minimizes the total traffic flow?

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