Suisan Fish Company contracts with fishers in Hilo, Kona, and Puna, Big Island to purchase fishes. The fishes are cleaned and stored at the local processing facilities. Then the fishes are shipped to two plants, where they are cut, processed, and packaged as sushi and sashimi. The sushi and sashimi are then transported to three restaurants. The transportation costs per fish from the fishers to the plants and from the plants to the restaurants are summarized in the following tables: Determine the optimal shipments from fishers to plants and from plants to restaurants to minimize total transportation costs. Include the formulation and solver outputs. What would be the effect on the solutions if the capacity at each plant were 70 fishes?
Suisan Fish Company contracts with fishers in Hilo, Kona, and Puna, Big Island to purchase fishes. The fishes are cleaned and stored at the local processing facilities. Then the fishes are shipped to two plants, where they are cut, processed, and packaged as sushi and sashimi. The sushi and sashimi are then transported to three restaurants. The transportation costs per fish from the fishers to the plants and from the plants to the restaurants are summarized in the following tables:
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Determine the optimal shipments from fishers to plants and from plants to restaurants to minimize total transportation costs. Include the formulation and solver outputs.
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What would be the effect on the solutions if the capacity at each plant were 70 fishes?
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