1. You have just been hired as the director of operations for Reid Chocolates, a purveyor of
exceptionally fine candies Reid Chocolates has two kitchen layouts under consideration for its
recipe making and testing department. The strategy is to provide the best kitchen layout possible
so that food scientists can devote their time and energy to product improvement, not wasted
effort in the kitchen. You have been asked to evaluate these two kitchen layouts and to prepare a
recommendation for your boss, Mr. Reid, so that he can proceed to place the contract for
building the kitchens. The first kitchen layout is shown in Figure 2 below. The walking distance
between the areas is in feet For example, the distance from area 1 to area 2 is 4 feet, area 1 to
area 3 is 8 feet. For layout number one, the cumulative "load x distance" or "movement cost" =
feet (enter your response as a whole number)