Exercises 1. SC Consulting. a supply chain consulting firm. must decide on the location of its home offices. Its clients are located pri- marily in the 16 states listed in Table 5-5. There are four potential sites for home offices: Los Angeles. Tulsa. Denver. and Seattle. The annual fixed cost of locating an office in Los Angeles is $165.428, Tulsa is S131.230. Denver is $140.000. and Seattle is $145,00). The expected number of trips to each state and the travel costs from each potential site are shown in Table 5-5. Each consultant is expected to take at most 25 trips each year a. If there are no restrictions on the number of consultants at a site and the goal is to minimize costs, where should the home offices be located and how many consultants should be assigned to each office? What is the annual cost in terms of the facility and travel? b. If 10 consultants are to be assigned to a home office, at most, where should the offices be set up? How many con sultants should be assigned to each office? What is the annual cost of this network? Exercises 1. SC Consulting. a supply chain consulting firm. must decide on the location of its home offices. Its clients are located pri- marily in the 16 states listed in Table 5-5. There are four potential sites for home offices: Los Angeles. Tulsa. Denver. and Seattle. The annual fixed cost of locating an office in Los Angeles is $165.428, Tulsa is S131.230. Denver is $140.000. and Seattle is $145,00). The expected number of trips to each state and the travel costs from each potential site are shown in Table 5-5. Each consultant is expected to take at most 25 trips each year a. If there are no restrictions on the number of consultants at a site and the goal is to minimize costs, where should the home offices be located and how many consultants should be assigned to each office? What is the annual cost in terms of the facility and travel? b. If 10 consultants are to be assigned to a home office, at most, where should the offices be set up? How many con sultants should be assigned to each office? What is the annual cost of this network