Food Distribution Cost Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has food distribution centersm Monroe, Georg...

Food Distribution Cost Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has food distribution centers

m Monroe, Georgia, and Shelbyville, lennessee, and Wal-Mart Supercenters in Birmingham, Alabama, and Calhoun, Georgia. (Source: www.walmart.com.) Suppose that the Monroe distribution center must ship at least 600 cases of pickles weekly and the Shelbyville distribution center must ship at least 700 cases of pickles weekly.* If the Birmingham store requires at least 1000 cases of pickles weekly and the Calhoun store requires at least 300 cases of pickles weekly, what shipment plan will minimize the distribution cost?

Estimated Distribution Cost per Case

foods Distribution Cost Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has food distribution centers

in Monroe, Georgia, and Shelbyville, Tennessee, and Wal-Mart Supercenters in Scottsboro, Alabama, and Calhoun, Georgia. (Source: www.walnmrt.com.) Suppose that the Monroe distribution center must ship at least 400 cases of potato chips weekly and the Shelbyville distribution center must ship at least 200 cases of potato chips weekly.* If the Scottsboro store requires at least 300 cases of potato chips weekly and the Calhoun store requires at least 300 cases of potato chips weekly, what shipment plan will minimize the distribution cost?

Estimated Distribution Cost per Case