Assigning Regions to Sales Representatives at Pfizer Turkey

Reflecting on the simulation one of the things that should have changed would have been changing the interval of the trucks so more of the product could have been transported from the

Freight cost will reduce by Truck load and by using maximize the cube and also less than truck load shipment will reduce.

* Problems of arrangement- arrange parts in a way that they relate to each other

(3 marks) c) Determine the optimal number of bus and train travelers. (2 marks) d) Say a train strike significantly reduced the number of trains available. By how much would the train capacity constraint have to fall for the optimal solution to be altered? (2 marks)

According to the calculations in the table above, Job A =47.15, Job B=60.1, Job C=15.25.

We decided to decrease the price of mountain bike production from $134 per bike to $108. The difference of $26 for 11,000 units results in a saving of almost $300,000. In the meanwhile, we also decided to dump our finish goods inventory, incurring a loss of $175,000. We decided to increase our capacity from 20,000 to 27,500 and efficiency from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000. We want to avoid increasing capacity significantly in order to avoid low efficiency. At the same time we want to keep our wastage at a minimum. We reduced our retail margin for the bike and sports store to 20% while reducing the discount stores to 27%. These new retail margins

* Loads were picked up from location A and delivered to one of 5 warehouses, placed on another truck with optimized route for location B (software driven route optimization)

The shipping cost and/or unavailability of transportation between the plants and some locomotive locations will eliminate some of the routes due to cost inefficiency. These routes are the unacceptable routes and will not be considered for distribution from the specified plant. By removing unacceptable routes, Solutions Plus is able to build a linear programming solution to determine which plant/locomotive location combinations are optimal. Based on the shipping cost provided, the routes that are eliminated are as follows:

14) Consider the following transshipment problem. The shipping cost per unit between nodes 1 and 2 is $10, while the shipping cost per unit between nodes 2 and 3 is $12. What is the objective function?

The cost in transportation rates will increase for MARS Inc. with this change. The Portland supplier’s location to MARS Inc. based on the current situation charges “per hundredweight is $10 for carload lots of 50,000 pounds. The less than carload rate is $15 per hundredweight.” While anything coming from the Columbus supplier was offered just-in-time delivery service at no charge to MARS Inc. Also, this will affect the EOQ’s because dealing with the Columbus supplier they were located close enough that they offered JIT delivery which allowed the reduction minimizing “work-in-process inventories (waste) by reducing lot sizes in order to increase production efficiency and product quality.” Now, with the change, it will force MARS Inc. to spend money on warehousing and carrying cost due to the one week replenishment cycle the Portland supplier has.

According our estimation from day 640 to 730, we had the mean 14.098 drums. Hence, we set the capacity number to 15 and let the production non-stop by adjusting higher order number and 200 quantity per truck. Let’s summary our work as the following: Our process: figure out whether we should build factory and warehouse in specific region. estimate the demand of four region and Fargo region, change capacity, adjust order point, quantity, and priority order, check and adjust parameters from time to time

The organization in this study, a multi-billion dollar warehousing and distribution company, has been housed in an old building and will be moved to a new state-of-the-art facility. This move involves the planning, organizing, staging and moving of products from one location to the other. Included in planning needs are signage, warehouse racking placement, warehouseman selector choosing routes, freezer, cooler and dry product placement. Incorporated into this move will be the necessity to deal with contractors who are completing the building as well as contacting all vendors and suppliers to inform them of the change of location and service changes during the two-day transition period. The actual moving of all products will require 16 hours, 30 employees on two shifts at two different locations.

* Demand variability is not easily supported by employing Transit Point methodology. If there is an urgent demand for goods in excess of truckload capacity then it can lead to huge additional cost.

Launching a new high-tech product, the Water Logged Company in Australia has been dealing with gardening products with good reputation in domestic market. The new product called ‘Jelly House’ is a solidified log of water that is like a clear log jelly which can be buried in the ground at the base of plants, as the ground dries out, the water log slowly breaks down liquefying as required, ensuring the plant receives the necessary water to survive. Due to the convenience of the product, the company recognises another opportunity with foreign countries. Meanwhile the ‘Jelly House’ could be welcomed for people who live in a big city

The company has to decide between the two locations based on their virtues, availability and higher margin of profit.