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Facilities Planning (0405432) Teamwork Assignment 2 Due: April 204, 2022 An industrial engineer has generated four alternative layouts for a sanitary ware factory. A copy of each of these layouts is given in Appendix I. It was decided to evaluate these alternatives in terms of three criteria: material handling cost, flexibility (in terms of available area of expansion and ability to use a variety material handling equipment), and safety. Accordingly, the pairwise matrices given in Appendix II were generated by a team of experts using the scale given below. Use these matrices to prepare a report showing the major steps for selecting the best layout alternative using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) which is implemented in Expert Choice. The report should contain a brief introduction to AHP. Intensity of Verbal Scale Importance 1 Both elements are equally important 3 One element is slightly more important than the other 5 One element is essential and slightly important than the other 7 One element is more important than the other 9 One element is absolutely more important than the other 2,4,6,8 Values of the two elements being compared are close to each other

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Appendix II Pairwise Comparison Matrices Comparison Matrix for the Criteria Cost Flexibility 7 Cost Flexibility Safety Safety 5 1 Pairwise Comparison Matrix for Cost Altemative 1 Alternative 2 Alerative 3 4 1 Alemative 4 5 4 7 Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Alternative 4 6 Pairwise Comparison Matrix for Available Area for Expansion Alternative 1 Altemative 2 Alternative 3 Alternative 4 Alternative 1 1 5 Alternative 2 4 6 Alternative 3 Alternative 4 Pairwise Comparison Matrix for Using a Variety of Material Handling Equipment Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Alterative 4 Alternative 1 2 4 6 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 3 Altemative 4 4 Pairwise Comparison Matrix for Safety Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 4 3 4 Altemative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Alternative 4 Alternative 4 5 2 5