Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780132921145
Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter C, Problem 7P
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•• C.7 The three blood banks in Seminole County, Florida, are coordinated through a central office that facilitates blood delivery to four hospitals in the region. The cost to ship a standard container of blood from each bank to each hospital is shown in the table below. Also given are the biweekly number of containers available at each bank and the biweekly number of containers of blood needed at each hospital. How many shipments should be made biweekly from each blood bank to each hospital so that total shipment costs are minimized?
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Question 3y
ABC company has five (5) factories. They send their products through five (5) distribution centers
(DCs) that serve a specific market. To use full truckloads and to have the economy of scale in
transportation, they also use two cross-dock centers as transshipment points. All the required data are
represented in the following tables.
Transportation cost($)
Crossdock
Factory
Crossdock 1
Crossdock 2
Factory 1
Factory 2
Factory 3
Factory 4
15
40
19
52
29
16
60
15
Factory 5
50
63
Transportation cost($)
Distribution Center
Crossdock
DC1
DC2
DC3
DC4
DC5
Crossdock 1
10
20
14
35
36
Crossdock 2
40
10
13
17
70
Capacity of Factory (units)
Factory 1
Factory 2
150
320
Factory 3
80
Factory 4
Factory 5
170
200
Demand for each DC (units)
DC 1
140
DC 2
130
DC 3
180
DC 4
250
DC 5
150
(b) How many units of products are transshipped to DCs through cross-docks 1 and 2?
(c) Which DC's will be served by each cross-dock center?
(d) What is the minimum total distribution cost?
Question 40
Philips manufacturers multicookers in Woodlands, Pasir Ris, and Toa Payoh. Multicookers must then be transported to
meet demand in Novena, Orchard, and Bukit Timah. The table below shows the transportation costs per unit, supply,
and demand information.
Source \ Destination
Novena
Orchard
Bukit Timah
SUPPLY
Woodlands
$10
$20
$30
1000
Pasir Ris
$15
$25
$20
1500
Toa Payoh
$20
$20
$10
2000
DEMAND
1000
1800
1200
How many units should be shipped from Pasir Ris to Novena in order to minimize transportation costs?
O 500
O 1,500
O 800
O 1,200
O 1,000
Chapter C Solutions
Operations Management
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