Arrange six departments into a 2 × 3 grid so that these conditions are satisfied: 1 close to 2, 5 close to 2 and 6, 2 close to 5, and 3 not close to 1 or 2.

Based on the forecasted demand from the distributors who currently buy Home-Style cookies and the projected forecast for the retail shop, Home-Style’s operations manager has determined he needs to increase the capacity of the production line. Use the following diagram of the existing four-step cookie production process to answer the following: What is the current hourly capacity of this four-step cookie production process? Which action would yield the greatest increase in hourly process capacity: 1) increase the capacity of the Mix dough step by 15%, 2) increase the capacity of the Roll dough step by 10%, or 3) increase the capacity of the Cut Cookies step by 10%. What is the new hourly capacity of this four-step cookie production process?

9-6. What cycle time would match capacity and demand if demand is 120 units a day, there are two shifts of 480 minutes each, and workers are given three half-hour breaks during each shift, one of which is for lunch or dinner?

Develop a spreadsheet for the question. The vice president of finance has looked at your ooriginal scoring model and feels that tax considerations should be included in teh model with a weight of 15. In addition, the VP has scored the methods on tax considerations as follows: method A recieved a score of 3, method B recieved a score of 2, and Method C recieved a score of 1. How would this additional information affect your recommendation?