Question: Now consider a modified version of example 2 network design. assume: There are two plants, three warehouses, and four market areas. The capacity of plant
Now consider a modified version of example 2 network design.
assume:
- There are two plants, three warehouses, and four market areas.
- The capacity of plant 2 is 100,000 while the capacity of plant 1 is unlimited.
- The demands of the four market areas are 60,000, 80,000, 150,000, and 60,000 respectively.
- The capacity of each warehouse is 200,000 if opened.
- The fixed warehouse costs for the three potential warehouses are 500,000, 600,000, and 450,000, respectively.
- You are allowed to open two warehouses only.
- The distribution cost ($) per unit is shown in the following table.
| Warehouse | P1 | P2 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| W2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| W3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Unit Cost | |||||||
| Warehouse | P1 | P2 | Warehouse | C1 | C2 | C3 | |
| W1 | 0 | 4 | W1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| W2 | 5 | 2 | W2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| W3 | 0 | 2 | W3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| W4 | 6 | 0 | W4 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Flow | |||||||||||
| Warehouse | P1 | P2 | Warehouse | C1 | C2 | C3 | Open or not | Cost | Capacity | ||
| W1 | W1 | ||||||||||
| W2 | W2 | ||||||||||
| W3 | W3 | ||||||||||
| W4 | W4 | ||||||||||
| SUM | |||||||||||
| Capacity | 1,000 | 60 | 50 | 100 | 50 |
| Total Cost | ||||||||
| Warehouse | P1 | P2 | Warehouse | C1 | C2 | C3 | ||
| W1 | W1 | |||||||
| W2 | W2 | |||||||
| W3 | SUM | W3 | SUM | |||||
| W4 | W4 | |||||||
| SUM |

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