The placement of departments is based on the following steps.Placing rating (PR) is the sum of the weighted closeness ratings between the department to enter the layout and its neighbors.Department neighbors o Adjacent (in position 1, 3, 5 or 7) with department 0 o Touching (in position 2, 4, 6 or 8) department 0 8 7 6 5 2 3 4 1 0.
