6/15/22, 1:55 PM Assignment Print View 3. Award: 25.00 points Sycamore Plastics (SP) is a manufacturer of polyethylene plastic pellets used as a raw material by manufacturers of plastic goods around the United States SP currently operates four manufacturing centers in Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Salt Lake City, UT. The plants have different capacities and production costs as indicated in the table below. MAXIMUM CAPACITY PROD. COST PLANT (x 100,000 LBS.) (PER 1,000 LBS.) Philadelphia 7.2 $33 1.00 Atlanta 9.2 $28 1.00 St. Louis 12.2 $311.00 Salt Lake City 10.2 $256.00 SP currently has six contract customers located in New York City; Birmingham, AL; Terre Haute, IN; Dallas, TX; Spokane, WA; and San Diego, CA. Transportation costs between the plants and various customers, as well as contracted demand from each customer, are shown in the table below. TRANSPORT COSTS PER 1,000 LBS. FROM/TO NYC BIRMINGHAM TERRE HAUTE DALLAS SPOKANE SAN DIEGO Philadelphia $ 49 $ 56 $ 60 $ 66 67 $ 90 Atlanta 59 46 62 63 69 87 St. Louis 61 64 54 58 54 75 Salt Lake City 76 75 71 61 47 65 Total Demand (x 1,000 531 420 931 606 331 406 Ibs.) a. Create a solver model and find the optimal solution to help SP develop a distribution plan that will minimize costs to supply the customers' demand. (Enter your answers in terms of cost per 1,000 lbs and shipment quantities per 1,000 lbs. Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Leave the cells blank, whenever zero (0) is required.) Combined Costs Per 1,000 lbs. From/To NYC Birmingham Terre Haute Dallas Spokane San Diego Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Salt Lake City https://ezto.mheducation.com/api/caa/activity/C15Print?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJSUZIINiJ9.eyJIbnZpcm9ubWVudCI6InByb2QiLCJpc3MiOiJlenQiLCJwomludFVSTCI6Im. .. 1/26/15/22, 1:55 PM Assignment Print View Solution (x 1,000 lbs.) From/To NYC Birmingham Terre Haute Dallas Spokane San Diego Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Salt Lake City Received $ O $ o S o $ o $ O S Total Costs From/To NYC Birmingham Terre Haute Dallas Spokane San Diego Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Salt Lake City Total Costs References Worksheet Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 14-03 Analyze logistics-driven location decisions https://ezto mheducation.com/api/caa/activity/C15Print?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJSUZIINiJ9.eyJIbnZpcm9ubWVudCI6InByb2QiLCJpc3MiOillenQiLCJwomludFVSTCI6Im. .. 2/2