2. Process Design

Layout Planning — Quiz

Test your understanding of layout planning with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

In Systematic Layout Planning (SLP), what is the primary objective of the space requirements analysis step?

Question 2

Which statement best describes the trade-off between proximity and flexibility in facility layouts?

Question 3

Given three departments with flows $f_{AB}=200$, $f_{AC}=100$, $f_{BC}=150$ and distances $d_{AB}=10$, $d_{AC}=20$, $d_{BC}=15$, and cost per unit-meter $c=2$, what is the total material handling cost using the load-distance formula $TC=c\sum f_{ij}d_{ij}$?

Question 4

Using the center-of-gravity method, for shipments $w_i$ to coordinates $(x_i,y_i)$: (2,0,50), (8,0,70), (5,6,80), what are the optimal facility coordinates $(x^*,y^*)$?

Question 5

In a closeness relationship diagram used in layout planning, what does the code 'I' denote?