Consider a Department Store That Must Make Weekly Shipments of a Certain

question 42

Essay

Consider a department store that must make weekly shipments of a certain product from two different warehouses to four different stores.
a.How could a quantitative approach to decision making be used to solve this problem?
b.What would be the uncontrollable inputs for which data must be gathered?
c.What would be the decision variables of the mathematical model? the objective function? the constraints?
d.Is the model deterministic or stochastic?
e.Suggest assumptions that could be made to simplify the model.

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Definitions:

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity of that good or service that suppliers are willing and able to provide in the market.

Canadian Goods

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Demand-for-Pounds Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the exchange rate of the British Pound and the quantity of the Pound demanded by the market.

Downsloping

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