Sakura is a production manager and has decided that grouping machinery and equipment according to their functions works best at her company. What layout would be her company be using?
A) process
B) product
C) fixed
D) customer-oriented

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Grouping machinery and equipment according to their functions is a characteristic of process layout where similar processes are grouped together. Product layout groups operations in a sequence to produce a specific product, fixed layout involves arranging equipment at a fixed location and customer-oriented layout considers the flow of customer traffic. Therefore, the most appropriate choice is process layout.

Sakura Is a Production Manager and Has Decided That Grouping