Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso...

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Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd. Rinso manufactures the washers at four locations around the country: New York City, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. Plans call for the following numbers of washing machines to be produced at each location: New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis 50,000 70,000 60,000 80,000 Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are Boulder Macon Gary 100,000 100,000 150,000 Due to varying production and transportation costs, the profit Bindley earns on each 1,000 units depends on where they were produced and where they were shipped. The following table gives the accounting department estimates of the dollar profit per unit. (Shipment will be made in lots of 1,000.) SHIPPED TO PRODUCED AT Boulder NEW YORK CITY FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO MINNEAPOLIS 7 11 8 13 Macon 20 Gary 8 17 18 12 13 10 16 Given profit maximization as a criterion, Bindley would like to determine how many motors should be produced at each plant and how many motors should be shipped from each plant to each destination. a. Develop a transportation grid for this problem. From/To Boulder New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Supply Macon Gary Requirements b. Find the optimal solution using Microsoft Excel. (Note: Due to existing transportation contracts, Macon must ship 50,000 motors to Fort Worth and O motors to San Diego. These requirements are already shown in the Candidate Solution below.) Note: Leave the cells blank, whenever zero (0) is required. Candidate Solution New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Total Shipped Boulder Macon 50,000 Gary Total supplied 0 50,000 0 0 0 50,000 0 50,000 Profit New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Boulder Macon Gary Total profit 0 Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd. Rinso manufactures the washers at four locations around the country: New York City, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. Plans call for the following numbers of washing machines to be produced at each location: New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis 50,000 70,000 60,000 80,000 Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are Boulder Macon Gary 100,000 100,000 150,000 Due to varying production and transportation costs, the profit Bindley earns on each 1,000 units depends on where they were produced and where they were shipped. The following table gives the accounting department estimates of the dollar profit per unit. (Shipment will be made in lots of 1,000.) SHIPPED TO PRODUCED AT Boulder NEW YORK CITY FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO MINNEAPOLIS 7 11 8 13 Macon 20 Gary 8 17 18 12 13 10 16 Given profit maximization as a criterion, Bindley would like to determine how many motors should be produced at each plant and how many motors should be shipped from each plant to each destination. a. Develop a transportation grid for this problem. From/To Boulder New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Supply Macon Gary Requirements b. Find the optimal solution using Microsoft Excel. (Note: Due to existing transportation contracts, Macon must ship 50,000 motors to Fort Worth and O motors to San Diego. These requirements are already shown in the Candidate Solution below.) Note: Leave the cells blank, whenever zero (0) is required. Candidate Solution New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Total Shipped Boulder Macon 50,000 Gary Total supplied 0 50,000 0 0 0 50,000 0 50,000 Profit New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Boulder Macon Gary Total profit 0