Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd. Rinso manufactures the washers at four locations around the country: New York City, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. Plans call for the following numbers of washing machines to be produced at each location: New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis 55,000 71,000 75,000 75,000 Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are Boulder Macon Gary 110,000 80,000 165,000 Due to varying production and transportation costs, the profit Bindley earns on each 1,000 units depends on where they were produced and where they were shipped. The following table gives the accounting department estimates of the dollar profit per unit. (Shipment will be made in lots of 1,000.) SHIPPED TO PRODUCED AT NEW YORK CITY FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO Boulder 6 14 Macon 25 17 Gary 9 21 1026 9 MINNEAPOLIS 13 10 14

Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd. Rinso manufactures the washers at four locations around the country: New York City, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. Plans call for the following numbers of washing machines to be produced at each location: New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis 55,000 71,000 75,000 75,000 Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are Boulder Macon Gary 110,000 80,000 165,000 Due to varying production and transportation costs, the profit Bindley earns on each 1,000 units depends on where they were produced and where they were shipped. The following table gives the accounting department estimates of the dollar profit per unit. (Shipment will be made in lots of 1,000.) SHIPPED TO PRODUCED AT NEW YORK CITY FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO Boulder 6 14 Macon 25 17 Gary 9 21 1026 9 MINNEAPOLIS 13 10 14

Practical Management Science

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ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

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