ACTIVITY AREAS Type of Space U Y

Office or Bldg. Feature

Service/Support
Delay/Staging

U - Underroof
No. Name/Description NOTE:

Inspection
Operation

Transport
Handling

Storage
This sheet enters the activity-area names for most other

Y-Yard
worksheets. Always change activity-names on this sheet.

1 Use this sheet to select the proper symbol for representing the
activity-area in your relationship diagrams.
2
Color fill on the top row is for reference and starting point. Use the
3 Format Painter to apply the correct Type of Space color in the
rows below.
4

5 Also check to indicate if the area is indoors (underroof) or

outdoors (yard).
6
NOTE! You can only have 37 activity areas "active" for
7 relationship charting and material flow analysis. (You can have
nore for space estimating and placement in the layout, but their
8 relationships cannot be charted.)
9
If you must have more than 37 areas, push supporting service and
10 auxiliary areas such as mechanical rooms and air compressors to
the bottom of the list. This reserves 37 areas that can have
11 closeness relationships.

12 This is a non-printing note.

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 Input Relationships & Reasons

INPUT FORM FOR OTHER THAN FLOW RELATIONSHIPS

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Code Reason
1 Flow of materials
2 Supervision & visual control
3 Shared personnel
4 Shared equipment
5 Common space and environment
6 Utilities & piping
7 Contamination
8 Safety
9 Convenience
10 Appearance

TOTAL
11
No. Name/Description
0

0
1 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
2 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
3 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
4 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
5 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
6 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
7 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
8 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
9 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
10 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
11 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
12 0 NOTE: U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
13 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
14 0 This chart is a convenient input device for populating the Relationship U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
15 0 Chart. U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
16 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
17 0 Reason #1 is reserved for Flow of Materials. NOTE: You should omit U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
18 0 flow relationships from this table and Chart if you are measuring U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
19 0 material flow and rating closeness for flow in a separate step, after U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
20 0 which you will combine with other-than-flow ratings made here. U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
21 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
22 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
Reasons 2 - 11 are common but only suggestions.
23 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
24 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
25 0
Enter your reasons other-than-flow as you discover them using Code U U U U U U U U U U U U 0
26 0
#s 2 through 11. Or, you may wish to establish a list of reasons first, U U U U U U U U U U U 0
27 0 and then apply them as you fill out the chart. U U U U U U U U U U 0
28 0 U U U U U U U U U 0
29 0 Reasons should be entered as code numbers to the right of your vowel U U U U U U U U 0
30 0 code rating: A, E. I, O. U or X. U U U U U U U 0
31 0 U U U U U U 0
32 0 Please limit reasons to the two or three most important ones. U U U U U 0
33 0 U U U U 0
34 0 This is a non-printing note. U U U 0
35 0 U U 0
36 0 U 0
37 0

NOTES:

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RELATIONSHIP CHART Plant (Company) Project

Source - Reference Date Charted by

Value Closeness Target

NOTE:
No. Name/Description 1 A Absolutely Necessary 0 1 to 2%
N= the number of actvity areas on your list; 37 is Max.
1 0 2 E Especially Important 0 3 to 5%
Targets are just for guidance. Your % may be less when
U 3 I Important 0 5 to 15%
only rating for reasons other than flow of materials.
2 0 U 4 O Ordinary Closeness 0 20% to 25% This is a non-printing note.
U U 5 U Unimportant 666 mostly
3 0 U U 6 X Not Desirable 0 several %
U U U 7 Total = (N*(N-1))/2 666
4 0 U U U 8
U U U U 9
5 0 U U U U 10 Relation Between 1 & 2 & Importance of
Relationship
U U U U U 11
6 0 U U U U U 12 1
U U U U U U 13 A
7 0 U U U U U U 14 2 2

U U U U U U U 15 Reason Code (Below)

8 0 U U U U U U U 16 3
U U U U U U U U 17
9 0 U U U U U U U U 18
U U U U U U U U U 19
10 0 U U U U U U U U U 20
U U U U U U U U U U 21
11 0 U U U U U U U U U U 22
U U U U U U U U U U U 23
12 0 U U U U U U U U U U U 24
U U U U U U U U U U U U 25
13 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U 26
U U U U U U U U U U U U U 27
14 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U 28
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 29
15 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 30
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 31
16 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 32
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 33
17 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 34
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 35
18 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 36
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
19 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
20 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 1
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 2
21 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 3
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 4
22 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 5
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 6
23 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 7
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 8
24 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U 9
U U U U U U U U U U U U U 10
25 0 U U U U U U U U U U U U 11
U U U U U U U U U U U U 12
26 0 U U U U U U U U U U U 13
U U U U U U U U U U U 14
27 0 U U U U U U U U U U 15
U U U U U U U U U U 16
28 0 U U U U U U U U U 17
U U U U U U U U U 18
29 0 U U U U U U U U 19
U U U U U U U U 20
30 0 U U U U U U U 21
U U U U U U U 22
31 0 U U U U U U 23
U U U U U U 24
32 0 U U U U U 25
U U U U U 26 CODE REASON
33 0 U U U U 27 1 Flow of materials
U U U U 28 2 Supervision & visual control
34 0 U U U 29 3 Shared personnel
U U U 30 4 Shared equipment
35 0 U U 31 5 Common space and environment
U U 32 6 Utilities & piping
36 0 U 33 7 Contamination
U 34 8 Safety
37 0 35 9 Convenience
36 10 Appearance
NOTES: 11 0

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