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QUESTION 121.      

 

A company of six departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of departments. Assume rectilinear distance. Which pair of departments has the greatest weighted-distance score?

  

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Department pair	Closeness factor
1,2
1,3
1,4
1,5
1,6
2,3
2,4
2,5
2,6
3,4
3,5
3,6
4,5
4,6
5,6

 Answer

  

  

  

  

  

1, 2

3, 6

3, 4

5, 6

2, 4

5 points   

QUESTION 131.        

1.       A company of six departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of departments. There are two alternative configurations.  Assume rectilinear distance. Which configuration has the lowest weighted-distance score?

  

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    123465

initial configuration    123456

Alternative 1

Alternative 2

Department pairCloseness factor1,2101,391,481,571,652,342,432,522,613,483,573,654,544,635,62

Answer

  

  Alternative 1  Alternative 2  

Current configuration

Both the current and alternative 2

5 points   QUESTION 141.        

A company is considering two options for the production of a part needed downstream in the manufacturing process. Particulars are as follows:

Specialized automation	Fixed Costs = $10,000 / month	Variable Cost / Unit = $2
General automation:	Fixed Costs = $4,000 / month	Variable Cost / Unit = $6

What is the monthly break-even quantity for choosing between the two automation approaches?

Answer

  

  

  

  

  

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