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978-0470444047 Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Introduction Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 1 1-1 SECTION 1.1 1.1a To plan for a football game, a visiting head football coach must: Make sure that his players and coaches understand the game plan […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 10 Part 1
Chapter 10 Quantitative Facilities Planning Models Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 10 10-1 SECTION 10.2 10.1 Using the half-sum method: half of the sum of the weights equals 35 (x*,y*) = (5,10), which is the location of […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 10 Part 2
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 10 10-20 10.17 There was a mistake in the statement of the problem. It should have read, “Thirty percent of the item movement between the existing machines and a new machine is […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 10 Part 3
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 10 10-40 Note: Multiple optimal layouts exist 10.36a 10.36b Product Ranking: B > A > C 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 5 5 […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 10 Part 4
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 10 10-60 10.52b Q = 35, s = 0. Using Excel to solve by enumerating over x gives the following result. 10.53b Q = 30, L = 48″, W = 40″, c […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 10 Part 5
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 10 10-80 As before, {F1(n)} = (-1, -3, 4). H*1(1) = 0 ∴ H*1(2) = H*1(1) + F1(2) = 0 – 3 = -3 and H*1(3) = H*1(2) + F1(3) = -3 […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 10 Part 6
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 10 10-97 10.120b (M|M|1):(GD|6|6) λ = 0.5/hr, μ = 2.5/hr, c = 1, K = 6. Lq = 1.1511. 10.121 (M|D|1):(GD|∞|∞) λ = 30/hr, μ = 240/hr, ρ = 0.125 Lq = […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 11
Chapter 11 Evaluating and Selecting the Facilities Plan Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 11 11-1 SECTION 11.2.1 11.1 If equipment need change sooner than anticipated, leasing can provide more flexibility than purchasing equipment. Depending on the lease […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Preparing, Presenting, Implementing, and Maintaining the Facilities Plan Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 11 11-1 Due to the nature of the questions at the end of Chapter 12, answers will not be provided for all. […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 2 Part 1
Chapter 2 Product, Process, and Schedule Design Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 2 2-1 SECTION 2.1 2.1 Identify the hospital functions and departments to be incorporated in the facilities plan. Identify the key entities for which flow […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 2 Part 2
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 2 2-17 2.34a Shown below is the probability mass function for the number of good castings (x) produced when Q castings are produced based on a probability of 0.85 that an individual […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Flow Systems, Activity Relationships, and Space Requirements Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 3 3-1 SECTION 3.1 3.1 Top Management: Alternative issues and strategies to consider in the analysis such as layout classification, storage-handling strategies, organizational […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Personnel Requirements Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 4 4-1 SECTION 4.1 4.1 A well-fed employee is not necessarily a happy employee. Likewise, a happy employee is SECTION 4.2 4.2 Generally, if the location of the […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Material Handling Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 5 5-1 SECTION 5.3 5.1a Work principle: The measure of work is material flow (volume, weight, or count per unit 5.1b Ergonomic principle: Ergonomics is the science that […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 6 Part 1
Chapter 6 Layout Planning Models and Design Algorithms 6.1 Several important factors such as: Product type, Manufacturing, Marketing Distribution, Management Distribution, Human resource plans will be impacted by and will impact on the facility layout. […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 6 Part 2
Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 6 6-16 Adjacency Graph Block Layout 6.19 1. Departments with largest weight: A and B; weight = 9 2. Select the third department to enter: C; weight = 11 Note: Both C […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Warehouse Operations Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 7 7-1 SECTION 7.4-7.5 7.1 A project to evaluate existing dock area, including receiving and shipping, will allow the determination of those aspects that can potentially prove economically […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Manufacturing Systems Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 8 8-1 SECTION 8.1 8.1 To some extent, the automatic factory is still valid today. There are three components in an automatic factory – manufacturing, material handling, and […]
978-0470444047 Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Facilities Systems Answers to Problems at the End of Chapter 9 9-1 SECTION 9.2 9.1 The statement, “The grid structure should defer to the function of the facility” is true. Some reasons why this is so are: SECTION […]