The appropriateness of the use of MHS cost as the sole criterion to select a MHS design depends on the degree to which the other aspects of the production process are able to be changed. If a completely new facility and production process is being designed, then the total cost of production is the most appropriate criterion to use in selecting a MHS-the lowest cost MHS may not result in the lowest total cost of production. If it is too costly to even consider changing the basic layout of a facility and the production process, then MHS cost is the only criterion that need be considered. In...
The appropriateness of the use of MHS cost as the sole criterion to select a MHS design depends on the degree to which the other aspects of the produc...