Countrywide Inc. wants to minimize the total shipping costs between their factories and their regional warehouses. Each factory has a limited supply of product to ship and each region has a specific demand projection that they need to fulfill. Given the information provided in the table below, how should the company distribute their product? In other words, how many units should each factory ship to each regional warehouse in order to minimize their costs?

Question 02: Countrywide S hipping Countrywide Inc. wants to minimize the total shipping costs between their factories and their regional warehouses. Each factory has a limited supply of product to ship and each region has a specic demand projection that they need to fulfill. Given the information provided in the table below, how should the company distribute their product? In other words, how many units should each factory ship to each regional warehouse in order to minimize their costs? Production Shipping Costs to Regional Warehouses (per Unit) Factory Locations Capacity (Units) Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg Toronto Halifax Western 74,500 $1.78 $2.00 $2.05 $2.08 $2.10 Central 44,500 $1.85 $1.85 $1.93 $1.87 $1.65 Eastern 55,000 $2.16 $2.45 $2.50 $1.71 $1.70 Regional Demand (in Units) 42,500 37,500 26,000 39,000 35,000 |:l