Question: An e - commerce company located in Alabama is considering two options for delivery of customer orders. The first option is to ship the goods

An e-commerce company located in Alabama is considering two options for delivery of customer orders. The first option is to ship the goods directly to customers in the USA using trucks. The second option is to ship the goods to a 3PL in Atlanta via rail and have the 3PL ship the goods to customers using the best mode of transportation. Given the data below for 200,000 units, what is the "equivalence point" for the two options in units?
Option 1- Ship Directly to Customers from Alabama Option 2- Ship from Alabama to 3PL and then from 3PL to Customers
Cost of transportation via rail $0 $50,000
Cost of transportation via truck $650,000 $530,000
Material handling cost at the e-commerce company's warehouse $150,000 $0
Order fulfillment fee charged by 3PL company $0 $20,000
Fixed cost $10,000 $50,000
TOTAL COST: $810,000 $650,000

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