Question: table [ [ Supply Region, { table [ [ Demand Region ] , [ Transportation Cost per 1 million Units ] ] }

\table[[Supply Region,{
\table[[Demand Region],[Transportation Cost per 1 million Units]]},Low Capacity,High Capacity],[Fixed Cost $,Max. Cap.,Fixed Cost $,Max. Cap.],[N. America,S. America,Europe,Asia,Africa],[N. America,81,92,101,130,115,6,000,10,9,000,20],[S. America,119,77,108,98,100,4,500,10,6,750,20],[Europe,102,105,95,119,111,6,500,10,9,750,20],[Asia,115,120,90,66,74,5,000,10,7,000,20],[Africa,142,100,103,105,71,4,000,10,5,300,20],[Demand,13,8,15,17,7,,,,]]
Objective
Minimizing the total costs which consists of fixed cost and transportation cost, while meeting the demand in each region.
Decisions to make 1. where to open a facilty?
2. what type of facilty to open at the selected region?
3. how many units should be shipped from what facility to what region?
Constraints
there can only be at most one facility in each region
all the demand must be satisifed
 \table[[Supply Region,{ \table[[Demand Region],[Transportation Cost per 1 million Units]]},Low Capacity,High Capacity],[Fixed

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