Given the Following Process Layout Data for Locating Six Departments

question 36

Essay

Given the following process layout data for locating six departments in the six areas shown:

$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{rrrrrrr}\text { Department } & \text { I } &\text { II } & \text { III } & \text { IV } & \text { V } & \text { VI }\\\hline\text { I } \mid & - & \text { I } & \text { U } & \text { X } & \text { E } & \text { A } \\\text { II } \mid & & - & \text { O } & \text { E } & \text { I } & \text { O } \\\text { III} \mid& & & - & \text { A } & \text { E } & \text { X } \\\text { IV } \mid& & & & - & \text { I } & \text { U } \\\text { V } \mid & & & & & - & \text { O } \\\text { VI } \mid & & & & & & -\\\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text {FACILITY}\\\begin{array}{lll}1 & 2 & 3 \\4 & 5 & 6\\\end{array}\end{array} \end{array}$

What process layout(s) satisfy(ies) these closeness ratings?

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Random Variable

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Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.