Use the data in Table 13.1. What is the load distance score for locations Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta? Once your calculation is complete, how might the assignment of departments be improved?
What will be an ideal response?
I'm glad you asked! Using a To (column) then From (row) order below yields the following.
Alpha: 0 × 0 + 30 × 5 + 60 × 10 + 90 × 15 + 0 × 0 + 30 × 15 + 60 × 20 + 30 × 90 = 6450
Bravo: 30 × 15 + 0 × 0 + 30 × 7 + 60 × 24 + 30 × 5 + 0 × 0 + 30 × 12 + 60 × 8 = 3090
Charlie: 60 × 20 + 30 × 12 + 0 × 0 + 30 × 6 + 60 × 10 + 30 × 7 + 0 × 0 + 30 × 4 = 2670
Delta: 90 × 30 + 60 × 8 + 30 × 4 + 0 × 0 + 90 × 15 + 60 × 24 + 30 × 6 + 0 × 0 = 6270
A and D have the greatest volume at 95 and 87 respectively, so ideally they would be located in the interior two positions occupied by B & C. There are more trips between B and D than B and A, and there are more trips between C and A than C and D, so put B outside of (and adjacent to) D and C outside of (and adjacent to) A. Doing so drops the total load distance from 18480 to 13440, and improvement of 27%. Not too shabby!
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