Peterson Trucking has a contract with Lodan's Food. The contract indicates that Peterson Trucking will ship freight to Lodan stores by 6 AM every Monday through Thursday. The distribution window is from 3 AM to 6 AM.

Lodan's Food has 20 stores that have to receive freight within this agreed upon time of 3 AM to 6 AM.

Peterson Trucking has 11 Trucks. The freight is packaged and housed at a centralized warehouse where all trucks have to begin.

Explain: Who has a problem in this situation...Peterson Trucking or Lodan's Food?

What kind of problems are Peterson Trucking and Lodan’s Food having?

Address transportation problems and network-flow problems as a part of the response.

What Management Science Technique would be best used towards solving the problem?

Justify your response with a thorough explanation of the technique you are proposing

Justify why you are proposing this technique. The answer given should include the synthesis of one of the prescriptive models of quantitative decision making.