A Grocery Chain Is Deciding on Where to Locate Its

question 13

Essay

A grocery chain is deciding on where to locate its new distribution centre. The new DC will serve four grocery stores, each with a demand of 10,000 units. If the coordinates of the stores are (112,108), (110,50), (40, 85), and (10, 25) where should the DC be located? Suppose now that each store instead had demand of 20,000 units. Where should the DC go in this case?

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