Question 4 Simba Toys Has Three Plants Producing Spikeball Sets That Are To Be Shipped To Four Distribution Centers Pla 1 (55.87 KiB) Viewed 24 times
Question 4 Simba Toys Has Three Plants Producing Spikeball Sets That Are To Be Shipped To Four Distribution Centers Pla 2 (55.87 KiB) Viewed 24 times
Question 4 Simba Toys has three plants producing spikeball sets that are to be shipped to four distribution centers. Plants X, Y and Z produce 12, 17 and 11 shipments per month, respectively. Each distribution center receive 10 shipments per month. The distance from each plant to the respective distribution centers is given in the table of Fig. 3. The freight cost for each shipment is € 100 plus 50 cents per kilometer. 1. Formulate the problem as a transportation problem by constructing a parameter table or a formal model. 2. How much should be shipped from each plant to each of the distri- bution centers to minimise the total shipment cost? [5 points) Plant X Plant Y Plant z Center 1 Center 2 Center 3 Center 4 800 1300 400 700 1100 1400 600 1000 600 1200 800 900 Figure 3: Distances from plants to distribution centers (km)
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