How to Layout a Warehouse or Distribution Center

Adjacency Mapping

There are many ways to represent adjacency requirements. Activity-proximity graphs, like the one in the illustration, are helpful visualizations. Each functional area, is represented as a node on the graph, and each adjacency requirement, between each pair of activities, is represented by the weight of the line connecting them. The example, is from a Honda parts distribution center, serving their auto dealers on a daily and weekly basis.

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