Question: estimates that it will have 4 5 orders in a year, and it must arrange to transport orders ( in less - than - full

estimates that it will have 45 orders in a year, and it must arrange to transport orders (in less-than-full containers) by container ship with shippers in Hong Kong and Buenos Aires. The shippers H&M uses have a travel time of 32 days from Buenos Aires and 14 days from Hong Kong, and H&M wants its orders to have an average travel time of no more than 21 days. About 10% of the annual orders from the shipper in Hong Kong are damaged, and the shipper in Buenos Aires damages about 4% of all orders annually. H&M wants to receive no more than 6 damaged orders each year. H&M does not want to be dependent on suppliers from just one country, so it wants to receive at least 25% of its orders from each country. It costs $3,700 per order from China and $5,100 per order to ship from Brazil. H&M wants to know how many orders it should ship from each port in order to minimize shipping costs.

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