Which is a better choosing, plant-to-site or plant-to-plant? Why? You are the assistant to the manager of

Which is a better choosing, plant-to-site or plant-to-plant? Why?
 

 

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You are the assistant to the manager of the southeastern region of the HazMat Shipping Company. Your boss is in the process of negotiating a contract with a new customer: Southern Chemicals, Inc. The contract is to remove waste from the customer's six plants and drop it at one of three designated waste disposal sites located in the Southwest. While your company is used to transporting hazardous chemicals, this is the first time you will be involved in shipping hazardous wastes. This will impose new restrictions on your drivers in terms of circuitous routes (many towns will not let you bring hazardous wastes into their town limits) and longer transport times (EPA restrictions limit the speed at which a truck carrying hazardous wastes can travel). The estimated costs of shipping (already including the new limitations) a barrel of waste from each plant to each disposal site is given in Table 1: Plants Kingsport Danville Macon Selma Columbus Allentown Waste Disposal Sites Los Canos Whitewater $12 14 13 17 7 15 9 20 16 14 16 Duras 17 10 11 19 12 18 22 Table 1: Shipping Costs from Plants to Disposal Sites You are the assistant to the manager of the southeastern region of the HazMat Shipping Company. Your boss is in the process of negotiating a contract with a new customer: Southern Chemicals, Inc. The contract is to remove waste from the customer's six plants and drop it at one of three designated waste disposal sites located in the Southwest. While your company is used to transporting hazardous chemicals, this is the first time you will be involved in shipping hazardous wastes. This will impose new restrictions on your drivers in terms of circuitous routes (many towns will not let you bring hazardous wastes into their town limits) and longer transport times (EPA restrictions limit the speed at which a truck carrying hazardous wastes can travel). The estimated costs of shipping (already including the new limitations) a barrel of waste from each plant to each disposal site is given in Table 1: Plants Kingsport Danville Macon Selma Columbus Allentown Waste Disposal Sites Los Canos Whitewater $12 14 13 17 7 15 9 20 16 14 16 Duras 17 10 11 19 12 18 22 Table 1: Shipping Costs from Plants to Disposal Sites

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ANSWER To determine the better option between planttosite and planttoplant we need to calculate the total cost of shipping for each option We can use the given tables to calculate the shipping costs f... View the full answer