Q2 Soon Lee company involved in the manufacturing of tire inner tubes and tire rim flaps for the local and international markets. Recently, Soon Lee top management has decided to build a new centralised warehouse to support all the factories. Table Q2 shows the information about the coordinates of existing five factories managed by the Soon Lee company. Use Minisum approach in recommending the suitable decision. (a) (b) Assess the given information and recommend a suitable location for the new warehouse. Support your recommendation with calculation of the expected total rectilinear distance travel between factories and warehouse. The CEO of the Soon Lee company prefers to locate the new warehouse at location (67, 61). Using calculation method, justify whether the CEO preference location decision is better or worse than your recommendation in Q2(a). Factory M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 Table Q2: Factories location information X 12+ 0.1(00) 23 50 67 38 +0.1(00) Y 98 +0.1(10) 78 +0.1(10) 30 61 65 +0.1(10) Frequency of travel 30 20 40 50 80
Q2 Soon Lee company involved in the manufacturing of tire inner tubes and tire rim flaps for the local and international markets. Recently, Soon Lee top management has decided to build a new centralised warehouse to support all the factories. Table Q2 shows the information about the coordinates of existing five factories managed by the Soon Lee company. Use Minisum approach in recommending the suitable decision. (a) (b) Assess the given information and recommend a suitable location for the new warehouse. Support your recommendation with calculation of the expected total rectilinear distance travel between factories and warehouse. The CEO of the Soon Lee company prefers to locate the new warehouse at location (67, 61). Using calculation method, justify whether the CEO preference location decision is better or worse than your recommendation in Q2(a). Factory M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 Table Q2: Factories location information X 12+ 0.1(00) 23 50 67 38 +0.1(00) Y 98 +0.1(10) 78 +0.1(10) 30 61 65 +0.1(10) Frequency of travel 30 20 40 50 80
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