Exercise of Transportation Problem Q1: Metro Water Company (Distributing natural resource) Metro Water District is an agency that administers water distribution in a large geographic region. The region is arid, so water must be brought in from outsid e the region. There are three sources of imported water, which are Colombo River, Sa cron River, and Calorie River. Four cities is in need of water, which are city Berdoo, L OS Devils, San Go, and Hollyglass. The cost for taking water from each river and s ending water to each city is different, shown in the following table. Metro Water Comp any wants to minimize the total cost when distributing the needed water. How mục h water should Metro take from each river, and how much should they send from each river to each city Cost per Acre Foot Berdoo Los Devils San Go Hollyglass Available Colombo River $160 $130 $220 $170 5 Sacron River 140 130 190 150 6 Calorie River 190 200 230 5 - Needed 4 1.5 (million acre feet)

Exercise of Transportation Problem Q1: Metro Water Company (Distributing natural resource) Metro Water District is an agency that administers water distribution in a large geographic region. The region is arid, so water must be brought in from outsid e the region. There are three sources of imported water, which are Colombo River, Sa cron River, and Calorie River. Four cities is in need of water, which are city Berdoo, L OS Devils, San Go, and Hollyglass. The cost for taking water from each river and s ending water to each city is different, shown in the following table. Metro Water Comp any wants to minimize the total cost when distributing the needed water. How mục h water should Metro take from each river, and how much should they send from each river to each city Cost per Acre Foot Berdoo Los Devils San Go Hollyglass Available Colombo River $160 $130 $220 $170 5 Sacron River 140 130 190 150 6 Calorie River 190 200 230 5 - Needed 4 1.5 (million acre feet)

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

ChapterC: Cases

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Problem 5.1SC: Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing...

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Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing expenditures for packaging materials with Jeff Joyner. Ben was particularly disturbed about the amount spent on corrugated boxes purchased from Southeastern Corrugated. Ben said, I dont like the salesman from that company. He comes around here acting like he owns the place. He loves to tell us about his fancy car, house, and vacations. It seems to me he must be making too much money off of us! Jeff responded that he heard Southeastern Corrugated was going to ask for a price increase to cover the rising costs of raw material paper stock. Jeff further stated that Southeastern would probably ask for more than what was justified simply from rising paper stock costs. After the meeting, Ben decided he had heard enough. After all, he prided himself on being a results-oriented manager. There was no way he was going to allow that salesman to keep taking advantage of Coastal Products. Ben called Jeff and told him it was time to rebid the corrugated contract before Southeastern came in with a price increase request. Who did Jeff know that might be interested in the business? Jeff replied he had several companies in mind to include in the bidding process. These companies would surely come in at a lower price, partly because they used lower-grade boxes that would probably work well enough in Coastal Products process. Jeff also explained that these suppliers were not serious contenders for the business. Their purpose was to create competition with the bids. Ben told Jeff to make sure that Southeastern was well aware that these new suppliers were bidding on the contract. He also said to make sure the suppliers knew that price was going to be the determining factor in this quote, because he considered corrugated boxes to be a standard industry item. As the Marketing Manager for Southeastern Corrugated, what would you do upon receiving the request for quotation from Coastal Products?
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