Question: INSTRUCTIONS: Use Solver to determine the optimal method to ship products from the factories to the distribution centers. Your solution should minimize costs, subject to

INSTRUCTIONS:

Use Solver to determine the optimal method to ship products from the factories to the distribution centers. Your solution should minimize costs, subject to the following constraints:

  • Demand for each distribution center must be met
  • Each factory has an initial inventory. You cannot ship more than that initial inventory from each factory.
  • Only whole cases may be shipped.

INSTRUCTIONS: Use Solver to determine the optimal

A B D E F G . J K L 1 Broadway Cafe Shipping Analysis 2 3 Plant Shipping Costs (per Case) Plant Number of Cases Shipped Total Number of Cases Shipped Denver Cheyenne Austin Total Cost Demand 180 110 170 160 220 Denver $8.00 $9.00 $5.00 $6.00 $4.00 Cheyenne $6.00 $4.00 $3.00 $4.00 $5.00 Austin $4.00 $8.00 $7.00 $7.00 $6.00 $ 310 260 280 850 4 Distribution Center 5 Santa Fe 6 Portland 7 Albuquerque 8 Helena 9 Phoenix 10 Total 11 12 Initial Inventory 13 Remaining Inventory 14 15 Constraints 16 17 18 Total Shipped 19 20 21 22 23 24 Number Shipped 25 26 27 28 >= Demand

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