A company must decide where to locate a new shipping facility. The facility will ship product weekly

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A company must decide where to locate a new shipping facility. The facility will ship product weekly in the following amounts to four different cities:
City Quantity
City 1€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦400
City 2€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦800
City 3€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦300
City 4€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦600
The cities are located at the following x, y Cartesian coordinates
A company must decide where to locate a new shipping

Use the weighted center of gravity method to identify the location for the new shipping facility.

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Managing Supply Chain and Operations An Integrative Approach

ISBN: 978-0132832403

1st edition

Authors: Thomas Foster, Scott E. Sampson, Cynthia Wallin, Scott W Webb

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