A Company Needs to Locate Three Departments (X, Y, and Z)in

question 11

Multiple Choice

A company needs to locate three departments (X, Y, and Z) in the three areas (I, II, and III) of a new facility. They want to minimize interdepartmental transportation costs, which are expected to be $0.50 per load per meter moved. An analyst has prepared the following distances and flow matrices:

How many least costly process layouts are there?

• A)1
• B)2
• C)3
• D)4

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