Question: The layout of the Dean's office staff at your university is being reconsidered. Currently, there are four offices that open to a shared...

Question: The layout of the Dean's office staff at your university

is being reconsidered. Currently, there are four

offices that open to a shared hallway. Each office

has a door and it is 5 meters between the doors of

adjoining offices. Given a matrix showing the

number of trips made between offices each week

and a description of the current layout of offices:

Trips per Week

Trips per Week

Dean's Associate Dean's Assistant Dean's Administrative Assistant

Office Office Office to the Dean's

Dean's Office *** 30 10 40

Associate Dean's Office *** 60 50

Assistant Dean's Office *** 10

Administrative

Assistant to the

Deans ***

Current layout:

Hallway

Dean's Associate Dean's Assistant Dean's Administrative Assistant

Office Office Office to the Deans

a) Evaluate the current layout in terms of how efficiently

time is spent walking between offices.

b) A consultant was asked to suggest a new layout.

It is shown below.How would you compare it

to the current layout?