Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780132921145
Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter C, Problem 9DQ
Summary Introduction
To determine: Unbalanced transportation model and the way to balance the model.
Introduction: The major objective of the transportation problem is to minimize the distributing cost of a product from a source to an origin. Transportation problem is one of the types of linear programming.
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(a) Consider yourself in charge of distribution for a newly launched smart phone for the market in Indonesia but with production based in China. Show the factors to consider in employing air transport to bring the smart phones to the market in Indonesia versus employing sea transport.
Apply your understanding to characterise the nature of smart phones in terms of price-sensitivity of air cargo.
Exercise of Transportation Problem
Q1: Metro Water Company (Distributing natural resource)
Metro Water District is an agency that administers water distribution in a large
geographic region. The region is arid, so water must be brought in from outsid
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region. There are three sources of imported water, which are Colombo River, Sa
cron
River, and Calorie River. Four cities is in need of water, which are city Berdoo, L
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Devils, San Go, and Hollyglass. The cost for taking water from each river and s
ending
water to each city is different, shown in the following table. Metro Water Comp
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wants to minimize the total cost when distributing the needed water. How mục
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should Metro take from each river, and how much should they send from each
river to
each city
Cost per Acre Foot
Berdoo
Los Devils San Go
Hollyglass
Available
Colombo River
$160
$130
$220
$170
5
Sacron River
140
130
190
150
6
Calorie River
190
200
230
5
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Needed
4
1.5
(million acre feet)
Question 1
(a) Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), China’s new USD11 billion mega airport in Beijing was opened in September 2019 (Source: BBC News, 2019).
The new airport is located around 46 km from Tiananmen Square. Noise pollution from aircraft is a major concern especially for the dense population living in the vicinity. Authorities have been working with the aviation community to address these concerns during the planning stages and even now when the airport is in operation.
With reference to PKX, propose three (3) strategies that you think can be applied for noise reduction or abatement at PKX. Give reasons why you chose these
strategies.
Chapter C Solutions
Operations Management
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