Customers: Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia
Cars are produced at plants, then shipped to wareho
uses, and finally shipped to
customers. Detroit can produce 150 cars per week an
d Atlanta can produce 100 cars per
week. Los Angeles requires 80 cars per week; Chicag
o, 70; and Philadelphia, 60. It costs
$10,000 to produce a car at each plant, and the cos
t of shipping a car between two cities
is given in the following table. Determine how to m
eet General Ford’s weekly demands
at minimum cost.
