Question: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ONLY FILL IN THE BLANK. STEPS ARE NOT NEEDED. I WILL LIKE. Sports of All Sorts produces, distributes, and sells high-quality skateboards.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ONLY FILL IN THE BLANK. STEPS ARE NOT NEEDED. I WILL LIKE.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ONLY FILL IN THE BLANK.PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ONLY FILL IN THE BLANK.PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ONLY FILL IN THE BLANK.

Sports of All Sorts produces, distributes, and sells high-quality skateboards. Its supply chain consists of three factories (located in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Austin) that produce skateboards. The Detroit and Los Angeles facilities can produce 350 skateboards per week, but the Austin plant is larger and can produce up to 700 skateboards per week. Skateboards must be shipped from the factories to one of four distribution centers, or DCs (located in Iowa, Maryland, Idaho, and Arkansas). Each distribution center can process (repackage, mark for sale, and ship) at most 500 skateboards per week. Shipping Costs ($ per skateboard) Factory/DCS 16 Iowa Maryland Idaho Arkansas Detroit 25.00 25.00 35.00 40.00 12 Los Angeles 35.00 45.00 35.00 42.50 13 Austin 40.00 40.00 42.50 32.50 Skateboards are then shipped from the distribution centers to retailers. Sports of All Sorts supplies three major U.S. retailers: Just Sports, Sports 'N Stuff, and The Sports Dude. The weekly demands are 200 skateboards at Just Sports, 500 skateboards at Sports 'N Stuff, and 650 skateboards at The Sports Dude. The following tables display the per-unit costs for shipping skateboards between the factories and DCs and for shipping between the DCs and the retailers. Shipping Costs ($ per skateboard) Retailers/DCS 5 16 171 Iowa Maryland Idaho Arkansas 8 Just Sports 30.00 20.00 35.00 27.50 9 Sports 'N Stuff 27.50 32.50 40.00 25.00 Ind The Sports Dude 30.00 40.00 32.50 42.50 (a) Draw the network representation for this problem. (Submit a file with a maximum size of 1 MB.) Choose File No file chosen This answer has not been graded yet. (b) Build a model to minimize the transportation cost of a logistics system that will deliver skateboards from the factories to the distribution centers and from the distribution centers to the retailers. (Let Detroit be node 1, Los Angeles Xij where Xij be node 2, Austin be node 3, Iowa be node 4, Maryland be node 5, Idaho be node 6, Arkansas be node 7, Just Sports be node 8, Sports Stuff be node 9, and Sports Dude be node 10. Express your answers in the form represents the number of units shipped from node i to node ).) Min s.t. Detroit Production Los Angeles Production Austin Production Iowa Shipments Maryland Shipments Idaho Shipments Arkansas Shipments Iowa Processing Maryland Processing Idaho Processing Arkansas Processing Just Sports Demand Sports Stuff Demand Sports Dude Demand Xij > 0 for all i and j. What is the optimal production strategy and shipping pattern for Sports of All Sorts? Enter the number of units shipped where Xij represents the number of units shipped from node i to node j. X 14 X 15 X 16 X17 X24 X25 X 26 X27 X34X35 X36 X37 X 48 X58 X68 X78 X49 X59 X69 X79 X 410 X510 *610 X710 What is the minimum attainable transportation cost (in dollars)? $ (c) Sports of All Sorts is considering expansion of the Iowa DC capacity to 800 units per week. The annual amortized cost of expansion is $40,000. Should the company expand the Iowa DC capacity so that it can process 800 skateboards per week? (Assume 50 operating weeks per year.) The cost of the optimal solution associated with this increased capacity at the Iowa distribution center is $ per week. Therefore, the potential savings over 50 weeks is the potential savings, so Sports of All Sorts --Select-- V expand. 50 x $ - $ = $ per year. The $40,000 cost of expansion -Select

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