A personal computer manufacturer plans to locate its assembly plant in Taiwan and to ship its laptop

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A personal computer manufacturer plans to locate its assembly plant in Taiwan and to ship its laptop computers back to North America through either Vancouver or San Francisco. It has distribution centres in Atlanta, Calgary, and New York and will ship to them from whichever city is chosen as the port of entry on the west coast. Overall transportation cost is the only criterion for choosing the port. Use the weighted-distance model and the information in Table 10.6 to select the most cost-effective city.
A personal computer manufacturer plans to locate its assembly plant
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Foundations Of Operations Management

ISBN: 9780133251661

4th Canadian Edition

Authors: Larry P. Ritzman, Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Robert D. Klassen

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