Six processes are to be laid out in six areas along a long corridor at Linda Babat Accounting Services. The distance between adjacent work centers is 40 feet. The number of trips between work centers 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?