9:01 LOGS112_Assignment Solver LOGS112 - Assignment (Second quiz) - Dr. Serena Sandri Task 1) National Foods Company has five plants where it processes and packages fruits and vegetables. It has suppliers in six cities in California, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. The company owns and operates its own trucking system for transporting fruits and vegetables from its suppliers to its plants. However, it is now considering outsourcing all its shipping to outside trucking firms and getting rid of its own trucks. It currently spends $245,000 per month to operate its own trucking system. It has determined monthly shipping costs (in thousands of dollars per ton) of using outside shippers from each of its suppliers to each of its plants, as shown in the following table: Plants Supplier Dana Topola Sam 25CCI CI Sadnih SEE 28 451 JE 4 4 Should National Foods continue to operate its own shipping network or sell its trucks and outsource its shipping to independent trucking firms? Task 2) The MidSouth Trucking Company hased in Nashville has eight trucks located throughout the East and Midwest that have delivered their loads and are available for shipments. Through their Internet logistics site MidSouth has received shipping requests from 12 customers. The following table shows the mileage for a truck to travel to a customer location, pick up the load, and deliver it. Determine the optimal assignment of trucks to customers that illamil 9:01 LOGS112_Assignment Solver LOGS112 - Assignment (Second quiz) - Dr. Serena Sandri Task 1) National Foods Company has five plants where it processes and packages fruits and vegetables. It has suppliers in six cities in California, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. The company owns and operates its own trucking system for transporting fruits and vegetables from its suppliers to its plants. However, it is now considering outsourcing all its shipping to outside trucking firms and getting rid of its own trucks. It currently spends $245,000 per month to operate its own trucking system. It has determined monthly shipping costs (in thousands of dollars per ton) of using outside shippers from each of its suppliers to each of its plants, as shown in the following table: Plants Supplier Dana Topola Sam 25CCI CI Sadnih SEE 28 451 JE 4 4 Should National Foods continue to operate its own shipping network or sell its trucks and outsource its shipping to independent trucking firms? Task 2) The MidSouth Trucking Company hased in Nashville has eight trucks located throughout the East and Midwest that have delivered their loads and are available for shipments. Through their Internet logistics site MidSouth has received shipping requests from 12 customers. The following table shows the mileage for a truck to travel to a customer location, pick up the load, and deliver it. Determine the optimal assignment of trucks to customers that illamil