Assignment:
Five departments A, B, C, D, and E(each 1500ft) are involved in the process required for ing three products (1, 2, 3) and are served by an automated guided vehicle. A summary of the processing sequences required for the products and weekly production volumes are shown in the table below.
|
Product
|
Processing Sequences
|
Weekly Production
|
Volume (compared to product 1)
|
|
1
|
BDCAE
|
60
|
1
|
|
2
|
BCDEA
|
50
|
2
|
|
3
|
EBDCA
|
220
|
0.5
|
(a) Now construct a material flow matrix (From To Chart) based on given material routing information, and then convert it to a REL chart.
(b) Develop final adjacency-based graph (a REL graph) according to the equivalent material flow between the departments.
(c) Develop a dual graph (Spoints) and also a final block layout based on your REL graph.