Bruin Logistics
CUSTOMER
Venetian Artists Supply 100 boxes, drawing paper 3000 lbs.
OTHER COST INFORMATION
Cost of direct shipment $2,000 per truck
Maximum load: 20,000 lbs per truck
CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY COSTS:
a.)
CUSTOMER
Venetian Artists Supply 100 boxes, drawing paper 3000 lbs.
Kaniko 100 PC printers 3000 lbs.
OTHER COST INFORMATION
Cost of direct shipment $2,000 per truck
CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY COSTS:
Warehousing costs: $1,800
b.)
CUSTOMER
Venetian Artists Supply 100 boxes, drawing paper 3000 lbs.
Kaniko 100 PC printers 3000 lbs.
SHIPMENT
WEIGHT
SHIPMENT
WEIGHT
SHIPMENT
WEIGHT
CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY COSTS:
Warehousing costs: $900
Cost of direct shipment: $2,000
c.)
CUSTOMER
Venetian Artists Supply 100 boxes, drawing paper 3000 lbs.
OTHER COST INFORMATION
Cost of direct shipment $1,800 per truck
CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY COSTS:
Warehousing costs: $900
SHIPMENT
WEIGHT
BosssMustang
a.), b.)
Consolidation versus Direct Truck Shipments
No. of shipments 10
Ave. shipment size: 500 lbs.
Truck capacity: 10,000 lbs.
Truck cost: $800.00 per shipment
Consolidation cost:
Warehousing cost: $55.00 per hundred-weight
Pickup cost: $100.00 per supplier
SOLUTION
Consolidation Single-order
No. of trucks needed: 1 10
c.)
If trucking cost increases to $1200 it will change the consolidated shipping
Astro Industries
a.)
Consolidation versus Direct Truck Shipments
No. of shipments 20
Ave. shipment size: 1,500 lbs.
Truck capacity: 40,000 lbs.
Truck cost: $1,800.00 per shipment
Consolidation cost:
Warehousing cost: $75.00 per hundred-weight
Delivery cost: $100.00 per customer
SOLUTION
Break-bulk Single-order
No. of trucks needed: 1 20
b.)
c.)
According to the logic of the perfect order measure, all failures of *any* part of the order
process result in a failure of the order. This means that an incorrectly billed order has the
same impact as a damaged order. This is reasonable as it is an absolute measure of the
MountainMole Foods
a.)
YEAR 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total
Shipments
100,000 150,000 175,000 190,000
b.)
If I were looking to improve MountainMole’s logistics performance, I would concentrate on the
On-time
shipments
Complete
shipments
Undamaged
shipments
Correctly billed
shipments
Northcutt
a.) Sets Needed: 1550 775 3100
SUPPLIER A PER UNIT PER MONTH
Acquisition $100.00 $155,000.00
Packing $2.00 $3,100.00
SUPPLIER B PER UNIT PER MONTH
Acquisition $96.00 $148,800.00
SUPPLIER C PER UNIT PER MONTH
Acquisition $93.00 $144,150.00
Packing $3.00 $4,650.00
b.)
c.)
Other than price, Northcutt might consider the reliability of the supplier, the lead time and
the change above to see the results). Supplier C would have the lowest landed cost if
Supplier A would have the lowest landed cost if the demand was cut in half (775 — make
Redwing Automotive
a.)
b.)
c.)
As president of PLS, I might suggest that our on-time performance record would require
CupAMoe’s
a.)
Weighted Center of Gravity Model for up to Five Demand Points
Demand point X coordinate Y coordinate
Weighting
factor
Capital City 1.00 5.00 420000
b.)
Weighted Center of Gravity Model for up to Five Demand Points
Demand point X coordinate Y coordinate
Weighting
factor
Capital City 1.00 5.00 800000
c.)
Green Valley
a.)
Weighted Center of Gravity Model for up to Five Demand Points
Demand point X coordinate Y coordinate
Weighting
factor
Birchwood 5.00 4.00 163
Cactus Circle 7.00 1.00 45
b.)
Other factors such as available space, zoning considerations, distance from other fire stations (to
Weighted Center of Gravity Model for up to Five Demand Points
Demand point X coordinate Y coordinate
Weighting
factor
B2.00 4.00 200
D4.00 2.00 300
E5.00 1.00 300
Weighted X coordinate: 3.08
The Assignment Problem: Flynn Boot Company
Warehouse (Ci) Customer (Dj)
Atlanta 20,000 BillyBob 27,800
Cost to ship one pair of boots from Warehouse i to customer j (Tij)
BillyBob DudeWear Slickers CJ’s
Atlanta $2.00 $3.00 $3.50 $1.50
Number of pairs of boots shipped from warehouse i to customer j
BillyBob DudeWear Slickers CJ’s TOTAL:
Atlanta 0 0 0 20000 20000
Fort Worth 0 8000 11300 13000 32300
Weekly Capacity
Weekly Demand
a.)
Minimize total shipping costs:
Subject to the following constraints:
Total shipments from each warehouse must be less than its capacity:
Total shipments to each customer must at least cover demand:
Sax + Sbx + Scx >= 200
b.)
PLANT CAPACITY STORE DEMAND
A400 X200
PLANT X Y Z
PLANT X Y Z Total:
A150 250 0400
Store
Store
Plant B appears to be underutilized as it is only shipping 250 units (1/2 of its capacity). This
Question 1.)
Question 2.)
Samsung would not have put the S.T.A.R. program in place if sustainability was not a
focal point of the company, because with this program they stand to gain little to nothing
Question 3.)
In the recycling and refurbishing case the benefiting stakeholders are the original retailers