Suppose a company must service customers lying inan area of A sq mi with n warehouses. Kolesar and Blumhave shown that the average distance between a warehouseand a customer is An Assume that it costs the company $60,000 per year tomaintain a warehouse and $400,000 to build a warehouse.(Assume that a $400,000 cost is equivalent to foreverincurring a cost of $40,000 per year.) The company fills160,000 orders per year, and the shipping cost per order is$1 per mile. If the company serves an area of 100 sq mi,then how many warehouses should it have?

Suppose a company must service customers lying inan area of A sq mi with n warehouses. Kolesar and Blumhave shown that the average distance between a warehouseand a customer is An Assume that it costs the company $60,000 per year tomaintain a warehouse and $400,000 to build a warehouse.(Assume that a $400,000 cost is equivalent to foreverincurring a cost of $40,000 per year.) The company fills160,000 orders per year, and the shipping cost per order is$1 per mile. If the company serves an area of 100 sq mi,then how many warehouses should it have?

Practical Management Science

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Chapter5: Network Models

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