Smith Equipment has three separate shipments to customers all in the same city. The shipment welights are 20,000 bs. 25,000 bs, and 10,000 bs Smith Equipment's carrier charges $4 per hundredwdght (cwifeach shipment is sent separately. If the three shipments are consolidated at Smith Equipment's warehouse and sent in a single truck, the carier charges $11 per cwt with a $500 consolldated delvery fee per destination added. Assume the carler promises one day delivery on the separate shipments, and two-day dellvery on the consoldated shipment if shorter dellivery time is important to these customens, Smith Equipment should Mutiple Cholce consolidate the shipments because the sevings is substantial coroldete the shipmerts even though the sevings are minima send the shipmentm separatly even though this lghly more expensive option send the shipments separately even though this issigicatly more expensive option
Smith Equipment has three separate shipments to customers all in the same city. The shipment welights are 20,000 bs. 25,000 bs, and 10,000 bs Smith Equipment's carrier charges $4 per hundredwdght (cwifeach shipment is sent separately. If the three shipments are consolidated at Smith Equipment's warehouse and sent in a single truck, the carier charges $11 per cwt with a $500 consolldated delvery fee per destination added. Assume the carler promises one day delivery on the separate shipments, and two-day dellvery on the consoldated shipment if shorter dellivery time is important to these customens, Smith Equipment should Mutiple Cholce consolidate the shipments because the sevings is substantial coroldete the shipmerts even though the sevings are minima send the shipmentm separatly even though this lghly more expensive option send the shipments separately even though this issigicatly more expensive option
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Transcribed Image Text:Smith Equipment has three separate shipments to customers all in the same city. The shipment welights are 20,000 Ibs. 25,000 bs, and 10,000 ibs.
Smith Equipment's carrier charges $14 per hundredwelght (cwt) if each shipment is sent separately. If the three shipments are consolidated at Smith
Equipment's warehouse and sent in a single truck, the carrier charges $11 per cwt with a $500 consolldated dellvery fee per destination added. Assume
the carrler promises one-day delivery on the separate shipments, and two-day dellvery on the consoldated shipment. If shorter delivery time is important
to these customers, Smith Equipment should
Multiple Choice
O consolidate the shipments because the savings is substantial
O consolidate the shipments even though the savings are minimal
send the shipments separately even though this is asightly more expensive option
send the shipments separately even though this is a significantly more expensive option
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