Question: a new student-run company that assembles and sells Final test Survival Kits (FESKs) to the parents of students across the US. FESKs are shipped from

a new student-run company that assembles and sells Final test Survival Kits (FESKs) to the parents of students across the US. FESKs are shipped from three distribution warehouses, which have the following supply capacities:

Site-A

Site-B

Site-C

Distribution Center Capacity

400

700

150

Four university book stores have placed orders for the FESKs to sell to students directly. Demand for these is given below:

Store-1

Store-2

Store-3

Store-4

Bookstore Demand

500

300

350

600

Shipping expenses per FESK unit from each distributor to each bookstore is given below:

To Store

From Center

1

2

3

4

A

$10

$12

$20

$8

B

$15

$14

$9

$25

C

$11

$16

$22

$6

You are asked to set up the Linear Program Formulation that would be used to solve this problem and determine the shipment schedule that minimizes total costs. NOTE: Do not solve the LP, just set up the Formulation.

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