The Ultimate Company operates five plants in Cicero, IL, Oshkosh, WI, Omaha, NE, Terre Haute, IN, & St. Charles, MN. The company ships products from it plants to its distribution centers (DCs) in Lincoln, NE and Atlanta, GA. You are given the data below regarding plant capacities, annual fixed costs for the five plants (incurred only if the plant ships greater than 0 units), shipping cost per unit, and demand at each DC. Formulate a model to determine which plants to use to minimize total cost.

Shipping Cost/Unit to DC
Plant	Annual Fixed Cost	Lincoln DC	Atlanta DC	Plant Capacity
Cicero	$2,500,000	$6	$7	7,000
Oshkosh	$1,600,000	$8	$9	5,000
Omaha	$2,100,000	$13	$11	6,000
Terre Haute	$1,500,000	$7	$5	8,000
St. Charles	$900,000	$5	$14	6,150
DC Demand =		12,500	15,000

Decision Variables:

Objective Function:

Constraints:

Additional Work for Constraints:

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