Question: Supply chain challenges have created numerous problems throughout the pandemic. At the moment, availability of supplies for vaccines (e.g., syringes) have become a problem, but

  1. Supply chain challenges have created numerous problems throughout the pandemic. At the moment, availability of supplies for vaccines (e.g., syringes) have become a problem, but there are many other examples. Pick a product for which there have problems and develop a Linear Program that could help get the product from the manufacturer (or importer) to the final recipient. (Specifically, I imagine that the LP will be along the lines of our TropicSun problem, though perhaps a bit more complex.) Things to consider:

    • To what extent does forecasting play a role in the planning and distribution?

    • How many stages are there in the supply chain?

    • What should be the objective of the LP? Is it to minimize cost? Maximize coverage?

    • What are the specific constraints that company is subject to?

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