Supply Chain Management

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1. The Times-Picayune is searching for an ideal spotting station for the morning paper. Neighborhoods, their location on an XY grid of the city, and morning volume are shown in the table. What is the location that will minimize the transportation costs for the newspaper based on the weighted center of gravity method? 2. The crowdsourced logistics firm Fed-Ups was developed by two whiz kids who were fed up with paying the exorbitant shipping cost to deliver burritos to their parents' basements. The first month was plagued by a few problems - some participants proved incapable of locating addresses, others had a fear of the outside world, and there was a surprising amount of breakage. Still, they were encouraged as they reviewed the first month's statistics. 2a. Calculate the maximum percentage of perfect orders using the data. 2b. If these failures were spread over 200 orders, calculate the percentage of perfect orders