QUESTION $1(30$ marks$)$

Question $1\mathrm{.}1$

List $5$ supply$-$side factors that influence the choice of location.

Question $1\mathrm{.}2$

Three warehouses store a product for a company with four sales points. The available

supply and the demand are given below:

The transport costs per unit for each route is given below:

Use the following allocation methods to assign routes and determine the accompanying

cost$.$

$1\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}1$ LCR

$1\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}2$ OLC

$1\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}3$ NWC

$1\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}4$ Based on these initial feasible solutions, which of the three provides the lowest

minimum cost at this stage?

QUESTION $2(25$ marks$)$

Question $2\mathrm{.}1$

Discuss design capacity and system capacity.

Question $2\mathrm{.}2$

You are given the following multi$-$unit production line:

Unit

Design

Capacity

$2\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}1$ What is the system's capacity?

$2\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}2$ What is the system's efficiency?

Question $2\mathrm{.}3$

The manufacturing processes for a certain product are shown in the diagram below. The

production line is available for $7$ hours per day and the daily demand is $700$ units of the

product.

Determine:

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}1$ The cycle time.

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}2$ Group the workstations in a way that will secure maximum balance

efficiency.

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}3$ The theoretical minimum number of workers.

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}4$ The balance efficiency.

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}5$ Time lost during a full day shift.