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Supply Chain Network Design with FLP Spreadsheet Solver
In Ontario company has customers in 12 cities to deliver product. These cities and demands are given in the table below.
Table 1: Cities and Demands
City Name Demand (in tones)Toronto 75Ottawa 70Oakville 65Hamilton 60Niagara Falls 45Kitchener 40Brampton 35Guelph 30Kingston 25Barrie 20Windsor 20Sarnia 15
Using FLP Spreadsheet Solver solve different scenarios given below. Capture solution screens and paste to your report; explain the results from total cost, maximum service distance, average distance to customers and other important perspectives.
Without capacity limitation and no facility setup cost locate 2 and 3 facility (P=2, P=3) and write outputs and explain this output in your report under the related scenario. In this scenario Toronto must be facility.2. Without capacity limitation but with $1500 facility setup cost locate 2 and 3 facilities respectively (P=2, P=3) and write outputs and explain this output in your report under the related scenario

3. With 200 tones fixed capacity and $1500 facility setup cost for each plant locate 2 and 3 facilities respectively (P=2, P=3) and write outputs and explain this output in your report under the related scenario.

4. Add different capacities (given in Table 2) to your model and $1500 facility setup cost for every location than locate 2 and 3 facilities (P=2, P=3) and create and explain outputs in your report under the related scenario.

Table 2: Potential Facility Capacities
City Name Capacity (in tones)Toronto 200Ottawa 250Oakville 200Hamilton 250Niagara Falls 150Kitchener 200Brampton 300Guelph 250Kingston 150Barrie 200Windsor 200Sarnia 150
5. Company logistics team created a short list for potential facility locations instead of using all 12 cities as a candidate location. The short list is Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener and Guelph. Capacities for these potential facilities are also same with capacities given on Table 2. Facility setup cost same for all cities. Using this short list locate 2,3 and 4 facility respectively (P=2, P=3, P=4) and write outputs and explain this output in your report under the related scenario.

6. Company logistics team decided not to open facility in Toronto and Ottawa because of the high facility cost, all other 10 cities are potential facility. Without capacity limitation and same setup cost for all locations, locate 3 and 4 facility (P=3, P=4) and create and explain results in your report under the related scenario.

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