Operations and Supply Chain Management, 9th Edition WileyPLUS Registration Card + Loose-leaf Print Companion
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To determine: The best parcel of land using the load-distance method.
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DM Office Products (DMOP) is a wholesale supplier of office products with one facility in Pennsylvania. It has decided to build a new distribution warehouse in the state of New York to help serve the growing demand in that market. It has four major customers located in Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and New York City. Though New York City is the largest market, it also has the greatest competition, and DMOP is not a major player there. When DMOP ships an order to a customer, it uses its own small fleet of two trucks to deliver, so the cost of delivery is essentially the same for a full or partially full truck. The expected number of annual shipments to each city and their coordinates on an x, y grid is shown in the following table.
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x-COORDINATES
y-COORDINATES
NUMBER OF SHIPMENTS
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865
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915
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Albany
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129
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DM Office Products (DMOP) Is a wholesale supplier of office products with one facility in Pennsylvania. It has decided to bulld a new
distribution warehouse in the state of New York to help serve the growing demand In that market. It has four major customers located
In Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and New York City. Though New York City is the largest market, it also has the greatest competition, and
DMOP Is not a major player there. When DMOP ships an order to a customer, It uses its own small fleet of two trucks to deliver, so the
cost of delivery Is essentially the same for a full or partlally full truck. The expected number of annual shipments to each city and their
coordinates on an x, y grid is shown in the following table.
x-COORDINATES
340
y-COORDINATES
865
CITY
NUMBER OF SHIPMENTS
Buffalo
85
Syracuse
Albany
New York City
1,435
2,315
2,290
915
89
645
129
45
69
Use the centroid method to recommend a location for the new warehouse for DMC
(Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)
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Operations and Supply Chain Management, 9th Edition WileyPLUS Registration Card + Loose-leaf Print Companion
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