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- Weighted factor methodUse the table to calculate the most ideal X coordinate for supermarket Point Quantity offered/requested Transportation costs Coordinate X Coordinate Y Supermarket 1 3,000 0.04 4 8 Supermarket 2 3,500 0.04 7 2 Supermarket 3 2,000 0.07 3 5 Supermarket 4 1,500 0.07 7 4 Supermarket 5 1,200 0.07 6 84. In the past, Peter Kelle's tire dealership in Baton Rouge sold an average of 1,100 radials each year. In the past 2 years, 220 and 250, respectively were sold in fall, 360 and 300 in winter, 150 and 160 in spring, and 320 and 440 in summer. With a major expansion planned, Kelle projects sales next year to increase to 1,300 radials. Part 2 Based on next year's projected sales, the demand for each season is going to be (enter your responses as whole numbers): Season Demand Fall __________. A company has a central supply facility and a distribution center located 400miles away. The central supply product cost is $75, TL transportation rates fromcentral supply to the DC are $60 per unit, and handling costs at the DC are $4 perunit. Calculate the market boundary location and the landed cost at the marketboundary. LTL rates are $2 per unit per mile.
- Modes and Legal forms of transportation at each stage Ans: Warehouses at each stage, its type and strategies for warehouse location You are supposed to present a summary of your supply chain design in a matrix form. Ans:Explain the right answer as well as the wrong answer also. 1. Which one was NOT one of the characteristics of the "early days" of logistics? Select one: a. An emphasis on making sure that the goods arrived in good condition b. An emphasis on low-cost transportation c. Long transit times d. An emphasis on customer satisfaction 2. Use the following information and a decision tree to complete this question. You DO NOT have to include a drawing of the decision tree with your answer, but you DO have to include your calculations and text explaining what you are doing for each of your options/decisions. Long after its original release, The Disney Corporation is thinking about taking its hit Broadway musical, The Lion King on tour again, this time in London, England. It has made the following calculations. The tour would cost $12 million. There is a 30% chance that the tour will generate $20 million in revenue. There is a 70% chance that the tour will earn $10 million in revenue. 1) What is…Q3) The Cure medical distribution center distributes urgent medical equipment for five local hospitals in Washington DC metropolitan area. Cure Medical distribution would like to invest in a new warehouse in Washington DC to minimize the total distance from five major hospitals. The coordinate of the five hospitals is given below: ( (2) 3 Great Fall (C) (47) 122 (121) Fairfax 10 We W Bu (645) -D (-20, 30)- -E (-40, -30) Colesville Fairland Calpen A (10,60) -B (10,-10) Ⓡ South Lourel stuxent search Refuge (MA A (14) tille (214) pha Bowit (00 X -C (45, -20) 201 C a) Use Solver to determine where the new warehouse should be in to minimize the total distance from 5 hospitals. What are the coordinates of the new warehouse? b) Solve your problem again to minimize the maximum distance between hospitals and the new warehouse. What are the coordinates of the new warehouse?
- Solve the following LP using Simplex method Maximize Z = 70x + 140 y Profit in '00 Rs Subject to 30 x + 20 y < 360 10 x + 40 y< 100 х, у 2 0 Machine hours Raw material (kg) Non-negative You are required to find (a) Optimum product mix and max. profit. (b) Whether machine hours are fully utilized or not. If machine is made available for one more hour what is the effect on the profit? (c) If the optimal solution obtained does not require the production of some product, explain as to why such product would not be produced. In this context, indicate the quantity (quantities) of other products that would be foregone for producing such a product. (d) What would be the effect on the solution of each of the following: i. Obtaining an order for 2 units of product B, which must be met. ii. An increase of 10 per cent capacity in the Raw material.Bamburi Cement is a cement manufacturing company that has been operating in Kenya for more than ten years. The supply chain of Bamburi includes the suppliers and customers. Effective management of the supply chain relationships is a critical factor in ensuring increased profits by Bamburi. Required; Explain two ways that adoption of a modern Enterprise resource planning software such as Microsoft Navision would enable Bamburi to improve the supply chain relationships with the suppliers and customers. (b) Explain two ways that a well-developed and designed Accounting system would add value for an organization such as Strathmore University.Determine Fall's seasonal factor from the information below. Seasons Past Sales Spring 350 Summer 200 Fall 600 Winter 450 Total 1,600 Group of answer choices a. 0.8 b. 1.8 c. 2.5 d. 1.5 e. 2.0
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