Activity 1: Transportation

QUESTION 4
Nampak Manufacturing, in Bryanston, Gauteng, wants to arrange its four work centres to
minimize interdepartmental parts handling costs. The flows and existing facility layout are
shown in Figure 4.1. During a recent study, the operations administrator discovered that
traveling from department A to department B is 30 feet, and that the departments are
equal in size.
Figure 4.1

a. What is the total loaded distance for the layout shown?

b. Provide an improved layout and compute the loaded distance.
solutions
a)
Parts moved between work centres
A B C D
Row A A - 450 550 50
Row B B 350 - 200 0
Row C C 0 0 - 750
ROW D D 0 0 0 -

A-B: 450*30=13500
A-C: 550*(30+30)=33000
A-D: 50*(30+30+30)=4500

B-A: 350*30=10500
B-C:200*30=6000
C-D:750*30=22500
TOTAL=13500+33000+4500+10500+6000+22500=90000

b)

A B

C D

A-B:450*30=
A-C:550*30=
A-D=50*(30+30)= TOTAL=78000
B-A:350*30=
B-C:200*(30+30)=
C-D: 750*30=

A B C D
 Row A A - 450 550 50
Row B B 350 - 200 0
Row C C 0 0 - 750
ROW D D 0 0 0 -
Total loaded distance ROW(A)=
Distance matrix
A B C D
A - 30 60 90
B 30 - 30 60
C 60 30 - 30
D 90 60 30 -

a) What is the total loaded distance for the layout shown?

A-B: 450*30=13500
A-C: 550*(30+30)=33000
A-D: 50*(30+30+30)=4500

B-A: 350*30=10500
B-C:200*30=6000
C-D:750*30=22500
TOTAL=13500+33000+4500+10500+6000+22500=90000
The cost per trip is R10. 90000*R10=
B. Provide an improved layout and compute the loaded distance.
A B
C D

A-B:450*30=
A-C:550*30=
A-D=50*(30+30)= TOTAL=78000
B-A:350*30=
B-C:200*(30+30)=
C-D: 750*30=
QUESTION 5
The firm estimates that each trip costs approximately R4.00

a. What is the cost of the current assignment (A-3, B-1, C-6, D-2, E-4, and F-5)?

Row A: = 450+100+1500= 2050

A-B (3-A/1-B): 15*30= 450
A-C (3-A/6-C): 20*5= 100
A-E (3-A/4-E): 30*50= 1500

Row B:

Row c=

Row d
Row E
Row F

ROW (A)=2050 ROW(B):4950 ROW(C):1450

A-B (3-A/1-B):15*30= B-A:20*30= C-B:50*20=
A-C (3-A/6-C): 20*5= B-C: C-D:30*10=
A-E:30*50= B-E: C-F:
B-F:
ROW (D):2750 ROW(E):2750 ROW(F):850
D-A:30*40= E-A:40*50= F-C:30*5=
D-B E-D F-D=
D-C E-F F-E
D-E
Main total=2050+4950+1450+2750+2750+850=14800

TC= 14800*R4.00=R59200