| Article ID: | iaor1994460 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 32 |
| End Page Number: | 34 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Woolsey Robert E.D., Bonett Douglas G. |
The widely used load-distance analysis for comparing layouts assumes that the number of trips between work centers is a known constant. When the number of trips varies over time, the load-distance values for each layout will be random variables and cannot be assessed at face value. A simple method is presented to determine if two layouts are really different.