Answer to Question #295298 in Management for nan

Question

A company of four departments has the following closeness factors and current locations of all departments. Assume rectilinear distance.

What is the overall weighted-distance score for the arrangement?

Answer 1

To get the distance between the locations of the departments.

$=$ Between trips distance weights Trips$×$ weights

Where between $=$ B C D C D D

Trips $=$ 12 10 8 10 6 0

Distance Weights $=$ 1 1 2 2 1 1

Trips$×$ weights $=$ 12 10 16 20 6 0

Total $=$ 64