Operations and Supply Chain Management 9th edition
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781119320975
Author: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor III
Publisher: WILEY
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Question
Chapter 7.S, Problem 14P
Summary Introduction
To determine: The best location using the load distance method and plot them on a grid map.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionStudents have asked these similar questions
Daniel Tracy, owner of Martin Manufacturing, must expand by building a new factory. The search for a location for this factory has been narrowed to four sites: A, B, C, or D. Thefollowing table shows the results thus far obtained by Tracy by using the factor-rating method to analyze the problem. The scale used for each factor scoring is I through 5. a) Which site should Tracy choose?b) If site D 's score for Energy costs increases from a 3 to a 5, do results change?c) If site A's Weather score is adj usted to a 4, what is the impact? What should Tracy do at this point?
Answer the given question with a proper explanation and step-by-step solution.
Medco plans to open a new medical center and is looking for a suitable location. They have narrowed their choice down to three locations, on Oak, Elm, and Ash Streets. They have defined four factors and have assigned weights to these factors as follows: proximity to hospitals (40), customer parking (30), appearance (20), and ease of expansion (10). They then rated the three locations for the four factors, using a scale of one to five. Their ratings are as follows:
Location
Factor Weight Oak Elm Ash
Proximity to hospitals 40 2 5 3
Customer parking 30…
Location Problem with Two Sites. Oliveira Office Supply has a large retail system consisting of twelve stores spread around the country, often in direct competition
Kilroy. However, managers at Oliveira have decided to use two national distribution centers. When Oliveira's stores are mapped on the same grid as Kilroy's, the st
locations occur at the coordinates listed in the following table. As in the previous exercise, there are also data to indicate how many trips are made annually to each
store:
Coordinates Trips
Site (k) Хk Ук пк
2 96 21
5 41 12
20 10 20
44 48 15
60 58 27
100 4 8
122 94 21
138 80 16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
150 40 10
170 18 18
182 2 25
190 56 14
a. Find the optimal location for Oliveira's two distribution centers in this expanded version of the problem.
Chapter 7 Solutions
Operations and Supply Chain Management 9th edition
Ch. 7.S - Prob. 1QCh. 7.S - Prob. 2QCh. 7.S - Prob. 3QCh. 7.S - Prob. 4QCh. 7.S - Prob. 5QCh. 7.S - Prob. 7QCh. 7.S - Prob. 1PCh. 7.S - Prob. 2PCh. 7.S - Prob. 3PCh. 7.S - Prob. 4P
Ch. 7.S - Prob. 5PCh. 7.S - Prob. 6PCh. 7.S - Prob. 7PCh. 7.S - Prob. 8PCh. 7.S - Prob. 12PCh. 7.S - Prob. 13PCh. 7.S - Prob. 14PCh. 7.S - Prob. 15PCh. 7.S - Prob. 16PCh. 7.S - Prob. 17PCh. 7.S - Prob. 18PCh. 7.S - Prob. 19PCh. 7.S - Prob. 20PCh. 7.S - Prob. 21PCh. 7.S - Prob. 22PCh. 7.S - Prob. 23PCh. 7.S - Prob. 24PCh. 7.S - Prob. 25PCh. 7.S - Prob. 26PCh. 7.S - Prob. 27PCh. 7.S - Prob. 1.1CPCh. 7 - Prob. 1QCh. 7 - Prob. 2QCh. 7 - Prob. 3QCh. 7 - Prob. 4QCh. 7 - Prob. 5QCh. 7 - Prob. 8QCh. 7 - Prob. 9QCh. 7 - Prob. 10QCh. 7 - Prob. 11QCh. 7 - What are the fixed and variable cost tradeoffs...Ch. 7 - What is the difference between block diagramming...Ch. 7 - Prob. 14QCh. 7 - What are the objectives of line balancing?...Ch. 7 - How are manufacturing cells formed? How does the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 17QCh. 7 - Prob. 18QCh. 7 - Prob. 19QCh. 7 - Prob. 1PCh. 7 - Prob. 2PCh. 7 - Prob. 3PCh. 7 - Prob. 4PCh. 7 - Rent-With-Us Management Inc. has purchased a large...Ch. 7 - Prob. 6PCh. 7 - Prob. 7PCh. 7 - Prob. 8PCh. 7 - Prob. 9PCh. 7 - Prob. 10PCh. 7 - Prob. 11PCh. 7 - Prob. 12PCh. 7 - Prob. 13PCh. 7 - Prob. 14PCh. 7 - Prob. 15PCh. 7 - Prob. 16PCh. 7 - The TLB Yogurt Company must be able to make 600...Ch. 7 - The Speedy Pizza Palace is revamping its...Ch. 7 - Professor Garcia has assigned 15 cases in his OM...Ch. 7 - McCauleys Heating and Air in Phoenix, Arizona,...Ch. 7 - The precedence diagram and task times (in minutes)...Ch. 7 - The Costplus Corporation has set a processing...Ch. 7 - Hanover Hospital beds can transform from a bed to...Ch. 7 - Fines Furniture is known for its fine cedar...Ch. 7 - Prob. 25PCh. 7 - The Wet Wellies Corporation produces waterproof...Ch. 7 - Prob. 27PCh. 7 - Jetaway, a small manufacturer of replacement parts...Ch. 7 - Workout Plus Workout Plus is a health club that...Ch. 7 - Photo Op-Please Line Up Tech is modernizing its...Ch. 7 - Photo Op-Please Line Up Tech is modernizing its...Ch. 7 - Photo Op-Please Line Up Tech is modernizing its...
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- Location Problem with Two Sites. Oliveira Office Supply has a large retail system consisting of twelve stores spread around the country, often in direct competition with Kilroy. However, managers at Oliveira have decided to use two national distribution centers. When Oliveira's stores are mapped on the same grid as Kilroy's, the store locations occur at the coordinates listed in the following table. As in the previous exercise, there are also data to indicate how many trips are made annually to each store:Coordinates TripsSite (k) xk yk nk 1 2 96 21 2 5 41 12 3 20 10 20 4 44 48 15 5 60 58 27 6 100 4 8 7 122 94 21 8 138 80 16 9 150 40 1010 170 18 1811 182 2 2512 190 56 14A)Find the optimal location for Oliveira's two distribution centers in this expanded version of the problem.b) What is the optimal value of the objective function?arrow_forwardHyundai Motors is considering three sites—A, B, and C—at which to locate a factory to build its new-model automobile, the Hyundai Sport C150. The goal is to locate at a minimum-cost site, where cost is measured by the annual fixed plus variable costs of production. Hyundai Motors has gathered the following data: Site Annualized Fixed Cost Variable Cost per Auto Produced A $10,000,000 $2,600 B $20,000,000 $1,900 C $30,000,000 $1,100 The firm knows it will produce between 0 and 60,000 Sport C150s at the new plant each year, but, thus far, that is the extent of its knowledge about production plans. a) The value of volume, V, of production above which site C is recommended = nothing Sport C150s (round your response up to the next whole number). b) The value of volume, V, of production below which site A is…arrow_forwardART Contractors must locate an equipment staging area to serve three construction sites, located at coordinates (0,2), (0,4), and (5,5). Traffic between the staging area and each of the three sites will be equal. What is the best set of coordinates for the equipment staging area? Please show the math.arrow_forward
- A location analysis has been narrowed down to two locations, A and B. The main factors in the decision will be supply of raw materials, which has a weight of .50, transportation cost, which has a weight of 0.4, and labour cost, which has a weight of .10. The ratings for raw materials, transportation, and labour are for A-60, 80, and 70, respectively; for B-70, 50, and 90, respectively. Given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 75, we can say that the manager should: options: choose location B none of the choices reject both locations choose location A be indifferent between these locationsarrow_forwardA dental care facility location analysis has been narrowed down to two locations in Alexandria; Stanley and Camp-Cesar. The main factors in the decision will be the supply of dental clinic raw materials, which has a weight of 0.50, transportation cost, which has a weight of 0.40, and labor cost, which has a weight of 0.10. The scores for raw materials, transportation, and labor are for Stanley 60, 80, and 70, respectively; for Camp-Cesar 70, 50, and 90, respectively. Given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 75, we can say that the facility OM should: A. be indifferent between these locationsB. choose StanleyC. choose Camp-CesarD. reject both locationsE. build a dental care facility in both districts.Why? – Comment to justify your (the OM) decision.arrow_forwardThe city of Belgrade, Serbia, is contemplating building a second airport to relieve congestion at the main airport and is considering two potential sites, X and Y. Hard Rock Hotels would like to purchase land to build a hotel at the new airport. The value of land has been rising in anticipation and is expected to skyrocket once the city decides between sites X and Y. Consequently, Hard Rock would like to purchase land now. Hard Rock will sell the land if the city chooses not to locate the airport nearby. Hard Rock has four choices: (1) buy land at X, (2) buy land at Y, (3) buy land at both X and Y, or (4) do nothing. Hard Rock has collected the following data (which are in millions of euros): X Y Current purchase price 26 22 Profits if airport and hotel built at this site 50 40 Sale price if airport not built at this sit 11…arrow_forward
- Identify three important factors that a location planner may consider with respect to each of the following: A super-specialty intensive care unit An automobile manufacturing unitarrow_forwardRauschenberg Manufacturing is investigating which locationswould best position its new plant relative to three importantcustomers (located in cities A, B, and C). As shown in the tablebelow, all three customers require multiple daily deliveries.Management limited the search for this plant to those threelocations and compiled the following information: a. Which of these three locations yields the smallest totaltravel distance, based on Euclidean distances?b. Which of these locations is best, based on rectilineardistances?c. What are the coordinates of the center of gravity?arrow_forwardA larger and more modern main post office is to be constructed at a new location in Davis, California. Growing suburbs caused a shift in the population density from where it was 40 years ago, when the current facility was built. Annette Werk, the postmaster, asked her assistants to draw a grid map of the seven points where mail is picked up and delivered in bulk. The coordinates and trips per day to and from the seven mail source points and the current main post office, M, are shown in the following table. M will continue to act as a mail source point after relocation. Mail Source Point Round trips per day x, y, Coordinates (miles) 1 8 2 2 1 6 3 4 6 7 M 2 4 8 The center of gravity "X" coordinate = 10 The center of gravity "Y" coordinate = 6 (11,5) (15,5) (1, 13) (2, 1) (4, 14) (16, 12) (15,5) (14,2) a. Calculate the center of gravity as a possible location for the new facility. (Enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number.) b. Compare the load-distance scores for the…arrow_forward
- A larger and more modern main post office is to be constructed at a new location in Davis, California. Growing suburbs caused a shift in the population density from where it was 40 years ago, when the current facility was built. Annette Werk, the postmaster, asked her assistants to draw a grid map of the seven points where mail is picked up and delivered in bulk. The coordinates and trips per day to and from the seven mail source points and the current main post office, M, are shown in the following table. M will continue to act as a mail source point after relocation. Mail Source Point Round trips per day x, y, Coordinates (miles) 4 (4, 6) (8, 4) (3, 14) (6, 10) (12, 11) (13, 5) (13, 6) (14, 10) 2 1 11 5 7 6 7 3 M 8 a. Calculate the center of gravity as a possible location for the new facility. (Enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number.) The center of gravity "X" coordinate = 9 The center of gravity "Y" coordinate = 8. b. Compare the load-distance scores for the…arrow_forwardA larger and more modern main post office is to be constructed at a new location in Davis, California. Growing suburbs caused a shift in the population density from where it was 40 years ago, when the current facility was built. Annette Werk, the postmaster, asked her assistants to draw a grid map of the seven points where mail is picked up and delivered in bulk. The coordinates and trips per day to and from the seven mail source points and the current main post office, M, are shown in the following table. M will continue to act as a mail source point after relocation. Mail Source Point Round trips per day x, y, Coordinates (miles) 1 4 (4, 6) 7 (8, 4) (3, 14) (6, 10) (12, 11) (13, 5) (13, 6) (14, 10) 3 1 4 11 7 3 7 3 M 8 a. Calculate the center of gravity as a possible location for the new facility. (Enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number.) The center of gravity "X" coordinate = The center of gravity "Y" coordinate =arrow_forwardThe new Health-Watch facility is targeted to serve seven census tracts in Erie, Pennsylvania, whose lati-tudes and longitudes are shown in Table 13.1, along with the population in each census tract (in thou-sands). Customers will travel from the seven census-tract centers to the new facility when they needhealth care. What is the target area’s center of gravity for the Health-Watch medical facility?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- Practical Management ScienceOperations ManagementISBN:9781337406659Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.Publisher:Cengage,Operations ManagementOperations ManagementISBN:9781259667473Author:William J StevensonPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationOperations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi...Operations ManagementISBN:9781259666100Author:F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B ChasePublisher:McGraw-Hill Education
- Purchasing and Supply Chain ManagementOperations ManagementISBN:9781285869681Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. PattersonPublisher:Cengage LearningProduction and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi...Operations ManagementISBN:9781478623069Author:Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon OlsenPublisher:Waveland Press, Inc.
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:Cengage,
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:9781259667473
Author:William J Stevenson
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi...
Operations Management
ISBN:9781259666100
Author:F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:9781285869681
Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi...
Operations Management
ISBN:9781478623069
Author:Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher:Waveland Press, Inc.