PART 4: PLANNING A BUSINESS TRIP A senior manager is wanting you to plan a business...

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PART 4: PLANNING A BUSINESS TRIP A senior manager is wanting you to plan a business trip for them, visiting their 6 offices across Western Europe and returning to London. The offices are located at: co-ordinates City London 51.5194 N 0.1270 W Paris 48.8606 N 2.3376 E Edinburgh 55.9470 N 3.1906 W Barcelona 41.4036 N 2.1744 E Brussels 50.8404 N 4.3563 E Amsterdam 52.3742 N 4.9123 E Rome 41.8902 N 12.4922 E You have been tasked with planning this trip. This includes, identifying the best method of transport and finding the best order to visit these offices. They are required to be at each office for 5 hours, during the work day, and so you should assume that they can only visit one office per working day, and that it will be over 7 consecutive days. AIM = your aim is to plan their journey, identifying the order they should visit the offices and the mode(s) of transport for the trip. You can gather any data you need from the internet, ensuring you reference where you get it from. You should be clear what your objective is, i.e. how you will compare different possible solutions and hence why your solution is the best one for your objective. In addition, you should add a discussion on your approach, identifying the strengths of your solution and any weakness. PART 4: PLANNING A BUSINESS TRIP A senior manager is wanting you to plan a business trip for them, visiting their 6 offices across Western Europe and returning to London. The offices are located at: co-ordinates City London 51.5194 N 0.1270 W Paris 48.8606 N 2.3376 E Edinburgh 55.9470 N 3.1906 W Barcelona 41.4036 N 2.1744 E Brussels 50.8404 N 4.3563 E Amsterdam 52.3742 N 4.9123 E Rome 41.8902 N 12.4922 E You have been tasked with planning this trip. This includes, identifying the best method of transport and finding the best order to visit these offices. They are required to be at each office for 5 hours, during the work day, and so you should assume that they can only visit one office per working day, and that it will be over 7 consecutive days. AIM = your aim is to plan their journey, identifying the order they should visit the offices and the mode(s) of transport for the trip. You can gather any data you need from the internet, ensuring you reference where you get it from. You should be clear what your objective is, i.e. how you will compare different possible solutions and hence why your solution is the best one for your objective. In addition, you should add a discussion on your approach, identifying the strengths of your solution and any weakness.