Flow analysis tends to relate various activities on some
quantitative basis. Some qualitative aspects of layout design
are also important, such as ease of supervision, connivance,
contact etc. The activity relationship chart (REL chart) is
helpful to facilitate the consideration of qualitative factors. It
involves developing a relationship chart showing the degree of
importance of having each department located adjacent to
every other department. Table4 shows the six level rating used
in REL chart.
To identify the relative importance of having one department
near to other department we interviewed the workers and
supervisors.Table5 shows the reasons for locating one
department near to other department.