Question: ABC Trucking has three distribution centers ( DCs ) located in Dallas, Jersey City, and Riverside that transport product each week to warehouses located in
ABC Trucking has three distribution centers DCs located in Dallas, Jersey City, and Riverside that transport product each week to warehouses located in five cities: Seattle, Topeka, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Boston. Each DC has an upper limit on the number of units of product that it can ship each week and each warehouse has a requirement for the volume of product needed. These values and the per unit shipping costs for all DCwarehouse pairs are provided in the accompanying Excel workbook.
ABC seeks a feasible shipping plan that minimizes the total shipping cost.
Which of the following statements are true for the ABC shipping problem at the optimal solution?
The Dallas Distribution Center DC constraint has nonzero slack.
Exactly two answers are correct.
The Jersey CityMinneapolis shipping lane has positive product flow.
The Topeka Warehouse constraint has nonzero slack.
The DallasBoston shipping lane has positive product flow.
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