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The production of books requires a unique facility layout. Visit the Thomson-Shore factory tour.

a. From the factory drawing, which areas appear to have the characteristics of a process-oriented layout? Which areas appear to have the characteristics of a product-oriented layout?

b. Take the complete tour. Describe the layout used by Thomson-Shore. Explain how the layout relates to the type of work that needs to be done to produce a book.








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