A logistics firm owns 5 trucks. Their objective is to visit 5 different distribution centers ( DCs
Question:
A logistics firm owns trucks. Their objective is to visit different distribution centers DCs in Montreal and pickup the necessary items belong to Montreal area businesses B and deliver them twice per day. When a DC receives an item, its final destination final shipping address is one of the businesses is known. Distance between all physical locations and arrival rates proportion of arriving items belonging to a business of items at each distribution center are given in table below. Items arrive to distribution centers randomly all day long probability distributions are provided in the table below Average speed of trucks are kmhr in Montreal. First pickup from distribution centers is at AM in the morning and latest pickup is at PM in the afternoon. Based on the given information, model the distribution operations in Arena to simulate for days. Please use ARENA blocks to model your distribution system.
Table : Distance between facilities
DC DC DC DC DC B B B B B B B B B B
DC
DC
DC
DC
DC
Business
Business
Business
Business
Business
Business
Business
Business
Business
Business
Table : Arrival patterns of items at DCs and their distribution to each organization B B
Time between arrivals Probability of arriving items to be for a particular business
B B B B B B B B B B
DC EXPO minutes
DC TRIA minutes
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DC NORM minutes
Introduction to Management Science A Modeling and Cases Studies Approach with Spreadsheets
ISBN: 978-0078024061
5th edition
Authors: Frederick S. Hillier, Mark S. Hillier