A canned food manufacturer has its manufacturing plants in three locations across a state. Their product has to be transported to $5$ central distribution centers, which in turn disperse the goods to $77$ stores across the state. Which of the following is most likely to be the objective function in this scenario?

minimizing the cost of shipping goods from the plant to the store

increasing the number of goods manufactured at the plant

decreasing the cost of their raw material sourcing

minimizing the quantity of goods distributed across the stores