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Fresh Foods Grocery is considering redoing its facility
layout. Th e from–to matrix showing daily customer trips between
departments is shown in Table 10-10, and their current layout is
shown in Figure 10-12. Fresh Foods is considering exchanging the
locations of the dry groceries department (A) and the health and
beauty aids department (F). Compute the ld score for Fresh Foods’
current and proposed layouts. Which is better?
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