Cars-to-Dealers Logistics Inc. is the exclusive logistics provider for the Summit Motor Co. and has responsibility...

 

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Cars-to-Dealers Logistics Inc. is the exclusive logistics provider for the Summit Motor Co. and has responsibility for transporting cars from Summit's 3 manufacturing plants in Toledo, OH; Charlotte, NC and Savannah, GA to the 7 regional dealer locations as in the tables below. To do this, Cars-to-Dealers uses three transshipment facilities and all cars in the distribution network pass through these transshipment facilities. The tables below include information about the capacities of each of these transshipment facilities, the demand requirement that the company wants to try and meet at each of the regional dealer locations and the cost to ships one car between the various locations. Manufacturing Plants Toledo, OH Charlotte, NC Savannah, GA Louisville, KY Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ To Transshipment Facilities Louisville, KY Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ To Dealer Locations Transshipment Facilities Capacity (cars handled) each month 50,000 Syracuse, NY Jacksonville, FL Los Angeles, AZ Portland, OR Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO # of cars available each Salt Lake City, UT month 75,000 85,000 60,000 Cost to ship each car from the Toledo plant ($) 302 1234 1927 Cost to ship each car from the Louisville facility ($) 677 767 2086 2301 298 507 1579 90,000 80,000 Dealer Locations Syracuse, NY Jacksonville, FL Los Angeles, AZ Portland, OR Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO Salt Lake City, UT 473 1560 2089 Cost to ship each car from the Charlotte plant ($) Cost to ship each car from the Denver facility ($) 1667 1747 1016 1239 1002 602 517 Demand for cars each month Cost to ship each car from the Savannah plant ($) 30,000 35,000 45,000 20,000 35,000 25,000 25,000 659 1649 2093 Cost to ship each car from the Phoenix facility ($) 2343 2043 373 1335 1753 1207 657 Cars-to-Dealers Logistics Inc. is the exclusive logistics provider for the Summit Motor Co. and has responsibility for transporting cars from Summit's 3 manufacturing plants in Toledo, OH; Charlotte, NC and Savannah, GA to the 7 regional dealer locations as in the tables below. To do this, Cars-to-Dealers uses three transshipment facilities and all cars in the distribution network pass through these transshipment facilities. The tables below include information about the capacities of each of these transshipment facilities, the demand requirement that the company wants to try and meet at each of the regional dealer locations and the cost to ships one car between the various locations. Manufacturing Plants Toledo, OH Charlotte, NC Savannah, GA Louisville, KY Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ To Transshipment Facilities Louisville, KY Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ To Dealer Locations Transshipment Facilities Capacity (cars handled) each month 50,000 Syracuse, NY Jacksonville, FL Los Angeles, AZ Portland, OR Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO # of cars available each Salt Lake City, UT month 75,000 85,000 60,000 Cost to ship each car from the Toledo plant ($) 302 1234 1927 Cost to ship each car from the Louisville facility ($) 677 767 2086 2301 298 507 1579 90,000 80,000 Dealer Locations Syracuse, NY Jacksonville, FL Los Angeles, AZ Portland, OR Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO Salt Lake City, UT 473 1560 2089 Cost to ship each car from the Charlotte plant ($) Cost to ship each car from the Denver facility ($) 1667 1747 1016 1239 1002 602 517 Demand for cars each month Cost to ship each car from the Savannah plant ($) 30,000 35,000 45,000 20,000 35,000 25,000 25,000 659 1649 2093 Cost to ship each car from the Phoenix facility ($) 2343 2043 373 1335 1753 1207 657

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