University of Ghana Business School
Second Semester of 2023/2024 Academic Year
UGBS 618: Production and Operations Management
Assignment Four (4)
INSTRUCTIONS
Submission Dates: Regular = Wednesday 30th July, 2025.
Weekend = Wednesday 30th July, 2025..
This assignment should be done in Groups of 5 to 8 students. Must be submitted in MS
Word font 12.
Question 1
Sweat and Sweaters is a small chain of stores specializing in casual cotton clothing. The
company currently has five stores in Lambussie, Sombo, and Koro, and it wants to open a
new store in one of four new mall locations. A consulting firm has been hired to help the
company decide where to locate its new store. The company has indicated five factors that
are important to its decision, including proximity of college (F1), community median
income (F2), mall vehicle traffic flow and parking (F3), quality and number of stores in the
mall (F4), and proximity of other malls or shopping areas (F5). The consulting firm had the
company weight the importance of each factor. The consultants visited each potential
location and rated them according to each factor, as follows:
Location Factor Weight Mall 1 Mall 2 Mall 3 Mall 4
F1 0.3 40 50 90 60
F2 - 90 80 75 70
F3 0.2 60 75 79 90
F4 0.1 74 100 80 90
F5 0.15 80 30 60 70
(a) What is the weight assigned to factor F2? (1 mark)
(b) Which mall will the consultants recommend to Sweat and Sweaters? (24 marks)
Question 2
Bussie City Hospital is building a new satellite clinic in the downtown portion of Bussie.
The design committee has collected data on patient movement from similar facilities in
the hope of making the new facility more efficient and customer-friendly. The load
summary chart and the current layout are provided in the table below. (1 = Intake; 2 =
Examination room; 3 = Radiology; 4 = Laboratory; 5 = Orthopedics; and 6 = Waiting
room)
From Patient Movement to
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - 35 10 30 10 90
2 0 - 30 40 15 20
3 0 55 - 20 40 40
4 0 10 10 - 10 40
5 0 30 20 10 - 30
6 40 60 60 15 40 -
i. Evaluate the current layout. (15 marks)
ii. Provide an improved layout (10 marks)
