SIMPLE SPREADSHEET MODEL FOR SITE LAYOUT PLANNING

STEP 1: Site Map

0 0 0 Avaliable space
0 0 0 0 I Fixed Facility
1 0 0 Non-available space
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3 6 0
0 4 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 Notes:
0 5 - The Full Site Range, C7:I15, is named "site"
0 0 - The First Site Cell, C7, is named "start"
STEP 2: Desired Closeness Relationships
Facility No.
7 6 5 4 3 2 Index:
1
7776 0 6
1 1 1
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1 1 1
1296 Especially Important
3 7776 1 1 1 216 Important
4 1 1 1 36 Ordinary
5 0 0 6 Unimportant
6 0 1 Undesirable
STEP 3: Constraint on Number of Facility Units
Facility No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Existing Units 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Max. Allowed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
STEP 4: Desired Horizontal and/or Vertical Units among Facilities
Facility No. Facility No.
7 6 5 4 3 2 7 6 5 4 3 2
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
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2 0 0 0 0 0
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2 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
5 0 0 5 0 0
6 0 Horizontal distance 6 0 Vertical distance
=COUNTIF(site,F34)
made once and copied horizontally to all
shaded cells
Cells with constant
values of unity
Input Cells
Input cells (see
index)
Input Cells
STEP 5: Column Number Containing a Facility
Facility No.
1 2 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 2
2 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 6 FALSE FALSE 6
3 2 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 2
4 FALSE 3 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 3
5 FALSE 3 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 3
6 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 6 FALSE FALSE 6 Note:
7 2 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 2 - Cell L58 is named "horizontal"
Site column: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of Site Columns
STEP 6: Row Number Containing a Facility
Facility No.
1 FALSE FALSE 8 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 8
2 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 11 FALSE FALSE FALSE 11
3 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 10 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 10
4 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 11 FALSE FALSE FALSE 11
5 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 13 FALSE 13
6 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 10 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 10 Note:
7 FALSE FALSE FALSE 9 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 9 - Cell N72 is named "vertical"
Site row: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Number of Site Rows
STEP 7: Distance in site units among Facilities
Facility No. Facility No.
7 6 5 4 3 2 7 6 5 4 3 2
1 0 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 5 3 2 3
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2 4 0 3 3 4
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2 1 2 0 1
3 0 4 1 1 3 1 0 3 1
4 1 3 0 4 2 1 2
5 1 3 Horizontal distance 5 4 3 Vertical distance
6 4 6 1
Facility No.
7 6 5 4 3 2
1 1 6 6 4 2 7 STEP 8: Objective Function
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3 1 4 4 2 Minimization of Total Travel Distance
4 3 4 2
5 5 6 Total distance
6 5 23415
y x
=SUMPRODUCT(D22:I27,N9
8:S103)
=IF(COUNTIF(OFFSET(start,,D$65-1,ROWS
(site),1),$C58),COLUMN(start)-1+D$65)
made once and copied to all shaded cells
=IF(COUNTIF(OFFSET(start,D$79-1,,1,
COLUMNS(site)),$C72),ROW(start)-1+D$79)
made once and copied to all shaded cells
=MAX(D58:J58)
made once and copied
down to all shaded cells
=MAX(D72:L72)
made once and copied
down to all shaded cells
x
y
=D89+N89
made once and copied to
all shaded cells
=ABS(OFFSET(horizontal,D$88-1,,1,1)-
OFFSET(horizontal,$C89-1,,1,1))
made once and copied to all shaded cells
=ABS(OFFSET(vertical,N$88-1,,1,1)-
OFFSET(vertical,$M89-1,,1,1))
made once and copied to all shaded cells