Trips

Counter

Storage

Storage
Distance

Fridge
Workcent between

Sink
Spot between 1 2
er workcent spots
ers
Fridge 1 Fridge 0 7 14 0 0 1 0 5
Counter 3 Counter 4 0 4 2 9 2 5 0
Sink 2 Sink 2 13 0 3 0 3 8 4
Storage 5 Storage 4 0 0 0 4 4 11 8
Stove 4 Stove 0 9 3 11 0 5 13 11

Put intuitively initially Given Distance based on fig

Then use Data>S

Put solver objective fu
Constraints that B colum
Variable to change is al
 Counter

Storage
Fridge

Stove
Dist between Total dist

Sink
3 4 5
workcenters score

8 11 13 Fridge 0 8 5 13 11 508
4 8 11 Counter 8 0 4 8 4
0 4 8 Sink 5 4 0 11 8
4 0 5 Storage 13 8 11 0 5
8 5 0 Stove 11 4 8 5 0

Distance based on figure below Indexmatch and vlookup

Then use Data>Solver

Put solver objective function as X2
Constraints that B column is different
Variable to change is also B column
 Trips

Counter

Storage

Storage
Distance

Fridge
Workcent between

Sink
Spot between 1 2
er workcent spots
ers
Fridge 1 Fridge 0 7 14 0 0 1 0 5
Counter 2 Counter 4 0 4 2 9 2 5 0
Sink 3 Sink 2 13 0 3 0 3 8 4
Storage 4 Storage 4 0 0 0 4 4 11 8
Stove 5 Stove 0 9 3 11 0 5 13 11

Put intuitively initially Given Distance based on fig

Then use Data>S

Put solver objective fun
Constraints that D colum
Variable to change is al
 Counter

Storage
Fridge

Stove
Dist between Total dist

Sink
3 4 5
workcenters score

8 11 13 Fridge 0 5 8 11 13 620
4 8 11 Counter 5 0 4 8 11
0 4 8 Sink 8 4 0 4 8
4 0 5 Storage 11 8 4 0 5
8 5 0 Stove 13 11 8 5 0

Distance based on figure below Indexmatch and vlookup

Then use Data>Solver

Put solver objective function as AA2
Constraints that D column is different
Variable to change is also D column