Madlantic Devices Designs and Manufactures High-End Medical Devices

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Short Answer

Madlantic Devices designs and manufactures high-end medical devices. The facilities in Madison and Atlanta serve as design and component manufacturing facilities. Components are then shipped to warehouses in Philadelphia or Knoxville, where they are held until final assembly is completed at either Dayton, Bloomington, or Albany.
Manufacturing capacity in Madison and Atlanta is 1000 units. Demand at Dayton, Bloomington, and Albany is 450, 500, and 610, respectively.
The network representing the shipping routs is shown below.
The costs for shipping between each facility is shown below. A blank cell indicates that shipping between two facilities is not permitted.

-What is the constraint for the transshipment node in Knoxville?

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Long strands of DNA wrapped around proteins, located in the cell nucleus, which carry genetic information.

Pluripotent

The ability of a stem cell to differentiate into any type of cell in the body but not capable of forming an entire organism.

Totipotent

Cells that have the potential to differentiate into any type of cell in an organism, including the placental cells.

Differentiated

A state in which cells have developed specialized functions and characteristics, differing from their originating stem cells.