Network Design in Supply Chain , management homework help
Subject
Business Finance
Question Description
• Read Ch. 5 Exercise 2 “DryIce, Inc.”
• Assume that the company now faces the increased demand below (instead of the demand described in the original problem)
– New demand at each market region
• East : 200,000
• South : 700,000
• Midwest: 200,000
• West : 100,000
• Production costs, transport costs, and fixed costs of plants are same as those in Table 5-6
• Questions
– (1-1) Where should DryIce build its plants and how large should they be?
– (1-2) How much units should DryIce transport to each market region from each plant?
– Submit Excel files/sheet with all necessary conditions for Solver to run optimization – so that Solver models can be checked