Sycamore Plastics (SP) is a manufacturer of polyethylene plastic pellets used as a raw material by manufacturers of plastic goods around the U.S. SP currently operates four manufacturing centers in Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Salt Lake City, UT. The plants have different capacities and production costs as indicated in the table below. MAXIMUM CAPACITY PROD. COST (x 100,000 LBS.) (PER 1,000 LBS.) 7.5 9.0 12.4 10.4 PLANT Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Salt Lake City SP currently has six contract customers located in New York City; Birmingham, AL; Terre Haute, IN; Dallas, TX; Spokane, WA; and San Diego, CA. Transportation costs between the plants and various customers, as well as contracted demand from each customer, are shown in the table below. $337.00 $287.00 $317.00 $262.00 TRANSPORT COSTS PER 1,000 LBS. FROM/TO NYC BIRMINGHAMTERRE HAUTEDALLASSPOKANESAN DIEGO Philadelphia $50 Atlanta 60 St. Louis 62 Salt Lake City 77 Total Demand, (* 1,000 lbs.) 537 $57 47 65 76 426 $61 63 55 72 937 $67 64 59 62 603 $61 63 48 41 337 $96 93 81 71 412 Create a solver model and find the optimal solution to help SP develop a distribution plan that will minimize costs to supply the customers' demand. (Enter your answers in terms of cost per 1,000 lbs and shipment quantities per 1,000 lbs. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)
Sycamore Plastics (SP) is a manufacturer of polyethylene plastic pellets used as a raw material by manufacturers of plastic goods around the U.S. SP currently operates four manufacturing centers in Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Salt Lake City, UT. The plants have different capacities and production costs as indicated in the table below. MAXIMUM CAPACITY PROD. COST (x 100,000 LBS.) (PER 1,000 LBS.) 7.5 9.0 12.4 10.4 PLANT Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Salt Lake City SP currently has six contract customers located in New York City; Birmingham, AL; Terre Haute, IN; Dallas, TX; Spokane, WA; and San Diego, CA. Transportation costs between the plants and various customers, as well as contracted demand from each customer, are shown in the table below. $337.00 $287.00 $317.00 $262.00 TRANSPORT COSTS PER 1,000 LBS. FROM/TO NYC BIRMINGHAMTERRE HAUTEDALLASSPOKANESAN DIEGO Philadelphia $50 Atlanta 60 St. Louis 62 Salt Lake City 77 Total Demand, (* 1,000 lbs.) 537 $57 47 65 76 426 $61 63 55 72 937 $67 64 59 62 603 $61 63 48 41 337 $96 93 81 71 412 Create a solver model and find the optimal solution to help SP develop a distribution plan that will minimize costs to supply the customers' demand. (Enter your answers in terms of cost per 1,000 lbs and shipment quantities per 1,000 lbs. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Sycamore Plastics (SP) is a manufacturer of polyethylene plastic pellets used as a raw material by manufacturers of plastic goods around the U.S.
SP currently operates four manufacturing centers in Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Salt Lake City, UT. The plants have different
capacities and production costs as indicated in the table below.
MAXIMUM CAPACITY PROD. COST
(x 100,000 LBS.) (PER 1,000 LBS.)
7.5
9.0
PLANT
Philadelphia
Atlanta
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
12.4
10.4
SP currently has six contract customers located in New York City; Birmingham, AL; Terre Haute, IN; Dallas, TX; Spokane, WA; and San Diego,
CA. Transportation costs between the plants and various customers, as well as contracted demand from each customer, are shown in the table
below.
537
TRANSPORT COSTS PER 1,000 LBS.
FROM/TO NYC BIRMINGHAMTERRE HAUTEDALLASSPOKANESAN DIEGO
Philadelphia $50
Atlanta
60
St. Louis
62
Salt Lake City 77
Total Demand
(x 1,000 lbs.)
$337.00
$287.00
$317.00
$262.00
$57
47
65
76
426
$61
63
55
72
937
$67
64
59
62
603
$61
63
48
41
337
$96
93
81
71
412
Create a solver model and find the optimal solution to help SP develop a distribution plan that will minimize costs to supply the customers'
demand. (Enter your answers in terms of cost per 1,000 lbs and shipment quantities per 1,000 lbs. Round your answers to the nearest
whole number.)
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