Question

transportation logistics

Problem#3 (10 marks) An assembly plant is planned to take components from four suppliers and send finished goods to eight regional warehouses.. The locations of these and the amounts supplied or demanded are shown in the following table. Where would you start looking for a site for the assembly plant? Locatlon X,Y co-ordinates Supply/Demand Supplier Supplier 2 7,80 140 85,35 80 Supplier 3 120 9,81 Supplier 4 11,62 70 Supply/Demand Locatlon X,Y co-ordinates Warehouse 1 45 12,42 Warehouse 2 60,9 65 25 Warehouse 3 92,94 Warehouse 4 8,79 45 Warehouse 5 10,83 60 59,91 Warehouse 6 35 83,49 Warehouse 7 50 85,30 Warehouse 8 85

Answer 1

Ans: As per the information provided definitely the location should be such that it should included lesser freight charges and have better transportation facilities. In the given situation , I prefer to look the site which will be convenient to the warehouse supply because ultimately there will be four suppliers only who will supply the material generally the material will purchased with including of freight charges so there will be no such difference occurs. But in the transportation to warehouse we have to put budget for that , so as long as possible the location should be at the middle of the eight warehouses such that if should be easily accessible to every warehouse without any difficult. Because supply transportation will not paid by us and moreover for four locations we did not to place the location far from the warehouse. Generally the by calculating the center of gravity of the given points we can decide the best site location.