Munson Manufacturing, in Gainesville, Florida, wants to arrange its four work centers so as to minimize interdepartmental parts handling costs.

The flows and existing facility layout are shown in the table below.

Upper A Upper B Upper C Upper D
Upper A - 450 600 60
Upper B 325 - 200 0
Upper C 0 0 750
Upper D 0 0 0


A B C D

30' 30' 30'

a) For the existing? layout, the cumulative "load times x distance" or "movement cost" equals _____ feet.