We have three suppliers $($A$,$ B$,$ C$)$ and one manufacturer $($M$).$

The products must be sent out from these three suppliers to the manufacturer.

The x and y coordinate of these facilities and their shipping cost per unit per mile are as follow.

locations

$($x$,$ y$)$

A

$(50,80)$

B

$(20,30)$

C

$(80,60)$

M

$(40,50)$

Distances

shipping cost per unit per mile

A to B $($B to A$)$

$$10$

A to C$($ C to A$)$

$$5$

A to M $($M to A$)$

$$5$

B to C $($C to B$)$

$$10$

B to M $($M to B$)$

$$20$

C to M $($ M to C$)$

$$15$

What is your recommendation for sending raw materials and components from original points $($A$,$ B$,$ and C$)$ to destination $($M$)$ based on the total shipping cost and their distances?

Activity $2)$

This exercise is an allegory for cargo transport, but most of you are currently more familiar with personal travel than with cargo transport; so we will focus on this single passenger transportation exercise. For each task and piece of information required to accomplish the task below, there is an equivalent task and piece of information required to move cargo around the world.

What would you need to do to safely get your $10-$year$-$old nephew, Jimmy from Hamilton, Ontario to Sydney Australia??

Assume your sister and brother in law have gone to Australia to look for jobs. They have left their ten$-$year$-$old son in the care of your parents who live in Hamilton, Ontario. They call and excitedly tell you that they have both found jobs but they need to start work immediately, so neither of them can return to Ontario to pick up their son. They ask you to make arrangements for Jimmy to be flown to Sydney, Australia where they will meet him. Assume that the logical route for Jimmy is an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Los Angeles, an American Airline Flight to Honolulu, and then a QANTAS flight to Sydney Australia.

Map out the physical transportation required. Note borders. Consider any documents required.

Think about the information flow and the finances required.

Please submit your answers to Session $2.$ In$-$Class Activity.