A company which operates four out-of-town garden centres has decided to keep all its stocks of...

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A company which operates four out-of-town garden centres has decided to keep all its stocks of products in a single warehouse. Each garden centre, instead of keeping large stocks of products, will fax its orders to the warehouse staff who will then deliver replenishment stocks to each garden centre as necessary. The company is now trying to decide where best to locate this warehouse. The centre-of-gravity location of each garden centre and the number of truckloads of products sold each week is shown in Table Q3(c) Use the centre-of-gravity method to identify the best location for the warehouse. Illustrate your answer using centre-of- gravity map. Table Q3(e) Garden Centre A B с D C.O.G (1,2) (5,3) (5,1) (9,4) Sales per week 5 10 12 8 A company which operates four out-of-town garden centres has decided to keep all its stocks of products in a single warehouse. Each garden centre, instead of keeping large stocks of products, will fax its orders to the warehouse staff who will then deliver replenishment stocks to each garden centre as necessary. The company is now trying to decide where best to locate this warehouse. The centre-of-gravity location of each garden centre and the number of truckloads of products sold each week is shown in Table Q3(c) Use the centre-of-gravity method to identify the best location for the warehouse. Illustrate your answer using centre-of- gravity map. Table Q3(e) Garden Centre A B с D C.O.G (1,2) (5,3) (5,1) (9,4) Sales per week 5 10 12 8

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