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Load Summary Chart

This document contains a load summary chart showing material flows between 6 departments. It analyzes the chart to find ways to improve the layout by reducing nonadjacent loads. Switching departments 4 and 5 results in the greatest reduction in nonadjacent loads from 135 to 70. Switching departments 1 and 3 also reduces nonadjacent loads to 70.

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Load Summary Chart

This document contains a load summary chart showing material flows between 6 departments. It analyzes the chart to find ways to improve the layout by reducing nonadjacent loads. Switching departments 4 and 5 results in the greatest reduction in nonadjacent loads from 135 to 70. Switching departments 1 and 3 also reduces nonadjacent loads to 70.

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INPUT Load summary chart

Departments
From/to 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - 50 10 25 10 100
2 - 30 40 20 20
3 40 - 20 60 40
4 10 10 - 10 40
5 30 20 10 - 30
6 40 60 50 20 50 -

CALCULATIONS

Composite movements Nonadjacent locations Layout


From <> To Loads 1<>3 1<>4 3<>5 4<>5 score
1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 10 1 0 0 0 10
1 4 25 0 1 0 0 25
1 5 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 6 140 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 70 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 50 0 0 0 0 0
2 5 50 0 0 0 0 0
2 6 80 0 0 0 0 0
3 4 30 0 0 0 0 0
3 5 80 0 0 1 0 80
3 6 90 0 0 0 0 0
4 5 20 0 0 0 1 20
4 6 60 0 0 0 0 0
5 6 80 0 0 0 0 0
135

b. Pairwise exchange of departments 4 and 5 or 1 and 3 would most improve the layout

Switch 4 and 5

4 2 3 Nonadjacent loads 70
1 6 5
Composite movements Nonadjacent locations Layout
From <> To Loads 1<>3 1<>5 3<>4 4<>5 score
1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 10 1 0 0 0 10
1 4 25 0 0 0 0 0
1 5 10 0 1 0 0 10
1 6 140 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 70 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 50 0 0 0 0 0
2 5 50 0 0 0 0 0
2 6 80 0 0 0 0 0
3 4 30 0 0 1 0 30
3 5 80 0 0 0 0 0
3 6 90 0 0 0 0 0
4 5 20 0 0 0 1 20
4 6 60 0 0 0 0 0
5 6 80 0 0 0 0 0
70

Switch 1 and 3

5 2 1 Nonadjacent loads 70
3 6 4

Composite movements Nonadjacent locations Layout


From <> To Loads 1<>3 1<>5 3<>4 4<>5 score
1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 10 1 0 0 0 10
1 4 25 0 0 0 0 0
1 5 10 0 1 0 0 10
1 6 140 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 70 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 50 0 0 0 0 0
2 5 50 0 0 0 0 0
2 6 80 0 0 0 0 0
3 4 30 0 0 1 0 30
3 5 80 0 0 0 0 0
3 6 90 0 0 0 0 0
4 5 20 0 0 0 1 20
4 6 60 0 0 0 0 0
5 6 80 0 0 0 0 0
70
Enter departments here:

5 2 3
1 6 4

OUTPUT
Nonadjacent loads 135

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