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Warehouse Demand % of Demand Miles from Kansas City Miles from Los Angeles Miles from Seattle Kansas City 20900 11.0% 0 1620 1870 Cleveland 17100

Warehouse Demand % of Demand Miles from Kansas City Miles from Los Angeles Miles from Seattle
Kansas City 20900 11.0% 0 1620 1870
Cleveland 17100 9.0% 800 2350 2410
New Jersey 24700 13.0% 1200 2780 2890
Jacksonville 15200 8.0% 1150 2420 2990
Chicago 22800 12.0% 520 2020 2060
Greenville 15200 8.0% 940 2320 2950
Memphis 17100 9.0% 510 1790 2330
Dallas 22800 12.0% 500 1430 2130
Los Angeles 34200 18.0% 1620 0 1140

Plz solve it in excel sheet...

  1. Assume Grainger, Inc., is considering the possibility of getting their supplies from China, India, and/or Japan and keeping the usage of the two ports in Seattle and Los Angeles as two independent distribution centers to supply the demand of the nine warehouses listed in part (1). The Cargo Freight Rates between the three suppliers in China, India, and Japan and the two USA ports are show below.
Country of Supply China India Japan
Sea Freight Rates/1000 CBM/mile $1.5 $1.0 $2.0

Use Google maps, Google Earth, or any other location on the web to estimate the distances between:

  1. the three countries of supply and the two ports, and
  2. the two distribution centers (in Seattle and LA) and the nine warehouses.

Assuming that each supplier is capable of providing a maximum of 100,000 CBM during the required time period and each port/distribution center can handle and process all the received CBMs, use the 'solver' module on Excel to provide a complete plan that satisfies the required demands at the nine warehouses in order to minimize the total shipping costs (by sea and road). Show all your work and references for a full credit.

  1. Comment on the obtained results in part (6) and feel free to suggest any modifications or introduce new assumptions to provide your overall recommendations to Grainger, Inc.

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