A Soft Drink Manufacturing Company Has 3 Factories Set Up

question 28

Essay

A soft drink manufacturing company has 3 factories set up one in each of the three cities - Orland, Tampa, and Port St. Lucie and it supplies the produced soft drink bottles to 3 warehouses located in the city of Miami. The associated per-unit transportation cost table is provided below:

The factory at Orlando has a capacity of 15,000 units.
The factory at Tampa has a capacity of 18,000 units.
The factory at Port St. Lucie has a capacity of 8,000 units.
The requirements of the warehouses are:
a. Determine how much of the company's production should be shipped from each factory to each warehouse in order to minimize the total transportation cost? b. Find an alternative optimal solution for this transportation problem? Hint: Use the procedure described in section 8.7.

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Definitions:

Sustainable Innovation

Innovation focused on creating products, processes, or practices that promote environmental sustainability and reduce negative impacts on the planet.

Collaborating

Working jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor to achieve a common goal.

Resource Constraints

Limitations or shortages of resources such as time, money, manpower, and materials that affect the completion of a project or the growth of an economy.

Greenhouse Gases

Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, leading to global warming and climate change; includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases.