SandyCo has two (2) facilities that mine, clean, and sort sand for use in cement, children's playboxes, and small beaches. They distribute the sand from their two (2) plants, through two (2) packaging centers (DCs), to three (3) different

 

  
 

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SandyCo has two (2) facilities that mine, clean, and sort sand for use in cement, children's playboxes, and small beaches. They distribute the sand from their two (2) plants, through two (2) packaging centers (DCs), to three (3) different customer regions where it is packaged and sold. Each plant has a specific maximum weekly supply of available sand and each region has an expected minimum weekly required demand. The cost to distribute a ton of sand differs between each plant and region pairing due to distance and other factors. The maximum weekly supply from Plant 1 is 100 tons, from Plant 2 it is 125 tons. The expected minimum weekly required demand (in tons) is: Region 1: 25 Region 2: 95 Region 3: 80 The transportation costs in dollars per ton of sand are given in the table below. DC A DC B Plant 1 Plant 2 Region1 Region 2 Region 3 190 185 175 180 165 210 205 235 130 145

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