...Stateline Shipping and Transport Company School of Business MAT 540 This paper was presented in submission for MAT 540 assignment four (Part 1 Only). Abstract This paper serves as a written response to the instructions and questions asked in assignment four. Assignment four instructed the writer to read the case problem Stateline Shipping and Transport Company from pages 273-274 in the text, Introduction to Management Science by Bernard W. Taylor. The assignment then directed the writer to Formulate and Solve and linear transportation programming model, this step was done in QM. The linear programming model is attached herein. Keywords: Linear Programming, Transportation, Shipping, Model Introduction This Case Problem, Stateline Shipping and Transport Company, is based on a girl named Rachel Sundusky who is a manager of the South-Atlantic office for Stateline Shipping and Transport (Taylor, 2010). Rachel is negotiating a contract with Polychem an industrial use chemical company (Taylor, 2010). Polychem has six sites that it would like for Stateline to pick up waste from (Taylor, 2010). Polychem would then like for Stateline to transport the waste for disposal to one of three sites (Taylor, 2010). Polychem has agreed to handle all of the waste at all sites therefore Stateline needs only transport the materials and incur costs for the same (Taylor, 2010). Rachel would like to see what the less costly shipping routes are (Taylor, 2010). Rachel will need all of the...
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...Stateline Shipping and Transport Company The transportation model will be set up by assigning a variable to each site. The plants Danville, Selma, and Columbus are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. This makes the waste disposal sites at White Water, Los Canos, Duras variables A, B and C, respectively. Decision variables: 1. Ship from 1: x1A, x1B, x1C 2. Ship from 2; x2A, x2B, x2C, 3. Ship from 3: x3A, x3B, x3C, The objective function is: Min. cost Z= 14x1A+9x1B+10x1C+17x2A+16x2B+19x2C+7x3A+14x3B+12x3C There will be one constraint for each location regardless of how many variables. Plant constraints: Output from plant 1: x1A + x1B + x1C =26 Output from plant 2: x2A + x2B + x2C = 53 Output from plant 3: x3A + x3B + x3C = 29 Waste disposal site constraints: Intake at site A: x1A + x2A + x3A ≤65 Intake at site B: x1B + x2B + x3B ≤80 Intake at site C: x1C + x2C + x3C ≤105 Once the data solver is set up the model comes up with this solution: Ship all Danville and Selma waste to Los Canos and all Columbus Waste to White Water to get a shipping cost of $1285.00 3. The transshipment model will follow the same logic as the transportation when setting up the variables. There will be a variable for each shipment from plant to plant, plant to waste disposal site and waste disposal site to waste disposal site. I started out Decision variables:...
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...Case Problem: Stateline Shipping and Transport Company Assignment #4 Case Problem: Stateline Shipping and Transport Company MAT540: Quantitative Methods Vargha Azad 09/08/13 In Excel, or other suitable program, develop a model for shipping the waste directly from the 6 plants to the 3 waste disposal sites. Solve the model you developed in #1 (above) and clearly describe the results. In Excel, or other suitable program. Develop a transshipment model in which each of the plants and disposal sites can be used as intermediate points. 6 Plants labeled 1 through 6, 3 waste facilities labeled A through C Objective function: Minimize Z = 1A(12) + 1B(15) + 1C(17) + 2A(14) + 2B(9) + 2C(10) + 3A(13) + 3B(20) + 3C(11) + 4A(17) + 4B(16) + 4C(19) + 5A(7) + 5B(14) + 5C(12) + 6A(22) + 6B(16) + 6C(18); Subject to: 1A + 1B + 1C = 35 2A + 2B + 2C = 26 3A + 3B + 3C = 42 4A + 4B + 4C = 53 5A + 5B + 5C = 29 6A + 6B + 6C = 38 1A + 2A + 3A + 4A + 5A + 6A ≤ 65 1B + 2B + 3B + 4B + 5B + 6B ≤ 80 1C + 2C + 3C + 4C + 5C + 6C ≤ 105 All Combinations ≥ 0 Solver add-on solution in MS Excel yielded the following results: 35 bbl of wastes shipped from Kingsport to Whitewater, 26 bbl of waste shipped from Danville to Duras, 42 bbl of wastes shipped from Macon to Duras, 1 bbl of wastes shipped from Selma to Whitewater, 52 bbl of wastes shipped from Selma to Los Canos, 29 bbl of wastes shipped from...
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...Stateline Shipping and Transport Company Carla Coleman Strayer University MAT 540: Quantitative Method Dr. Luke Howard March 20, 2014 2014 Case Study: Stateline Shipping and Transport Company In this case study, we are introduced to Rachel Sundusky, the manager of the South-Atlantic office of the Stateline Shipping and Transport Company. The information we are given is that Rachel is in the process of negotiating a new contract to haul hazardous chemical waste from six (6) locations to three (3) waste disposal sites for Polychem, a manufacturer or chemicals for industry use. Rachel has estimated both the cost to transport one barrel from each location to each disposal site, as well as between each location. In estimating these costs, Rachel took into account that some towns and municipalities where the six plants are located restrict the transportation of hazardous material within municipal limits, so costs in some cases had to include traversing circutous routes. Rachel is given the number of barrels of waste each of the six plant locations will need picked up and how many barrels each of the waste disposal sights can accept. Given this information, and the esimated shipping costs she has developed, Rachel would like to determine which shipping routes will minimize Stateline’s total cost. She would like to consider the cost to move the waste directly from each plant location to a...
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...Assignment #4: Case Problem “Stateline Shipping and Transport Company” 1. In Excel, or other suitable program, develop a model for shipping the waste directly from the 6 plants to the 3 waste disposal sites. White water Los Canos Duras Availability Kingsport $12.00 $15.00 $17.00 35 Danville $14.00 $9.00 $10.00 26 Macon $13.00 $20.00 $11.00 42 Selma $17.00 $16.00 $19.00 53 Columbus $7.00 $14.00 $12.00 29 Allentown $22.00 $16.00 $18.00 38 Capacity 65 80 105 223 The objective of the problem is to develop a shipping schedule that minimizes the total cost of transportation. Suppose Xij denotes the number of barrels of wastes to be transported from the “i” plant to “j” site. Then the total cost of transportation is: Z = 12 X11 + 15 X12 + 17 X13 + 14 X21 + 9 X22 + 10 X23 + 13 X31 + 20 X32 + 11 X33 + 17 X41+ 16 X42 + 19 X43 + 7 X51 + 14 X52+ 12 X53 + 22 X61 + 16 X62 + 18 X63. Thus the objective function of the problem is to minimize Z = 12 X11 + 15 X12 + 17 X13 + 14 X21 + 9 X22 + 10 X23 + 13 X31 + 20 X32 + 11 X33 + 17 X41+ 16 X42 + 19 X43 + 7 X51 + 14 X52+ 12 X53 + 22 X61 + 16 X62 + 18 X63. Constraints Availability in plants: X11 + X12 + X13 = 35 X21 + X22 + X23 = 26 X31 + X32 + X33 = 42 X41 + X42 + X43 = 53 X51 + X52 + X53 = 29 X61 + X62 + X63 = 38 Capacity of the sites: X11 + X21+ X31+X41 + X51 + X61 ≤ 65 X12 + X22+ X32+X42 + X52 + X62 ≤ 80 X13 + X23+ X33+X43 + X53 + X63 ≤ 105 Non- Negativity restrictions Xij ≥ 0 , i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 ; j = 1,2,3...
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...(1) Original problem This is a Transportation problem for cost minimization. The problem is that the company has six collection centres from where company wants to collect waste and then transported to three disposable centres at a minimum cost. The different costs from collection centres to disposable sites are given in a table as shown in the following table. White water Los Canos Duras Availability (bbl) Kingsport $12.00 $15.00 $17.00 35 Danville $14.00 $9.00 $10.00 26 Macon $13.00 $20.00 $11.00 42 Selma $17.00 $16.00 $19.00 53 Columbus $7.00 $14.00 $12.00 29 Allentown $22.00 $16.00 $18.00 38 Capacity (barrels) 65 80 105 Model in the mathematical form Let Xij i=1,2,3,4,5,6; j=1,2,3 denote the quantity of waste transported from i-th plant to j-th waste disposal centre. The objective function Z and constraints can be expressed as Minimize Z=12X11+15X12+17X13+14X21+9X22+10X23+13X31+20X32+11X33+17X41+16X42+19X43+7X51+14X52+12X53+22X61+16X62+18X63 Subject to X11+X12+X13=35 X21+X22+X23=26 X31+X32+X33=42 X41+X42+X43=53 X51+X52+X53=29 X61+X62+X63=38 X11+X21+X31+X41+X51+X61 65 X12+X22+X32+X42+X52+X62 80 X13+X23+X33+X43+X53+X63 105 Xij 0, i=1,2,3,4,5,6; j=1,2,3. (2) The original Problem The above problem without considering the intermediates sites are solved using excel solver and the final solution are given as follows White water Los Canos Duras Kingsport 35 Danville 26 Macon 42 Selma 1 52 Columbus 29 Allentown 28 10 Dummy...
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...Stateline Shipping And Transport Company 1. Formulation of the Problem The Stateline Shipping and Transport Company wanted to transport industrial wastes from the 6 plants to the 3 waste disposable sites. The problem can be represented in as a Transportation table as shown below. Our problem is to find roots to disposable sites, such that the cost of transportation is minimized.. White water Los Canos Duras Availability (bbl) Kingsport $12.00 $15.00 $17.00 35 Danville $14.00 $9.00 $10.00 26 Macon $13.00 $20.00 $11.00 42 Selma $17.00 $16.00 $19.00 53 Columbus $7.00 $14.00 $12.00 29 Allentown $22.00 $16.00 $18.00 38 Capacity (barrels) 65 80 105 Mathematical Formulation Let Xij i=1,2,3,4,5,6; j =1,2,3 denote the quantity of waste transported from i-th plant to j-th waste disposal centre. Then the objective function Z representing the cost and different constraints of the problem can be written as Minimize Z=12X11+15X12+17X13+14X21+9X22+10X23+13X31+20X32+11X33+17X41+16X42+19X43+7X51+14X52+12X53+22X61+16X62+18X63 Subject to X11+X12+X13 = 35 Is this essay helpful? Join OPPapers to read more and access more than 600,000 just like it! get better grades X21+X22+X23 = 26 X31+X32+X33 = 42 X41+X42+X43 = 53 X51+X52+X53 = 29 X61+X62+X63 = 38 X11+X21+X31+X41+X51+X61 65 X12+X22+X32+X42+X52+X62 80 X13+X23+X33+X43+X53+X63 105 Xij 0, i=1,2,3,4,5,6; j=1,2,3. 2. The transportation problem described above can be solved mathematically using a computer...
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...1. Develop a transportation model for shipping from the 6 plants directly to the 3 disposal sites. Describe and implement the model. Please see tab one (Plant to Waste Shipment) of the attached spreadsheet after the data was analyzed and dropped into the Excel Spreadsheet and the Data Solver was utilized to obtain the stated highlighted results. The cost is $2,822 to ship. 2. Solve the model given in 1 and describe the results. The results of the model are as follows: 35 barrels per week from Kingsport Plant to Whitewater Waste Plant 26 barrels per week from Danville Plant to Duras Waste Plant 42 barrels per week from Macon Plant to Duras Waste Plant 1 barrel per week from Selma Plant to Whitewater Waste Plant 52 barrels per week from Selma Plant to Los Canos Waste Plant 29 barrels per week from Columbus Plant to Whitewater Waste Plant 28 barrels per week from Allentown Plant to Los Canos Waste Plant 10 barrels per week from Allentown Plant to Duras Waste Plant 3. Develop a transshipment model in which each of the plants and disposal sites can be used as intermediate points. Please see tab two (Intermediate Shipping) of the attached spreadsheet after the data was analyzed and dropped into the Excel Spreadsheet and the Data Solver was utilized to obtain the stated highlighted results. 4. Solve the model given in 3 and describe the results. The results of the model are...
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...1. Develop a transportation model for shipping from the 6 plants directly to the 3 disposal sites. Describe and implement the model. Please see tab one (Plant to Waste Shipment) of the attached spreadsheet after the data was analyzed and dropped into the Excel Spreadsheet and the Data Solver was utilized to obtain the stated highlighted results. The cost is $2,822 to ship. 2. Solve the model given in 1 and describe the results. The results of the model are as follows: 35 barrels per week from Kingsport Plant to Whitewater Waste Plant 26 barrels per week from Danville Plant to Duras Waste Plant 42 barrels per week from Macon Plant to Duras Waste Plant 1 barrel per week from Selma Plant to Whitewater Waste Plant 52 barrels per week from Selma Plant to Los Canos Waste Plant 29 barrels per week from Columbus Plant to Whitewater Waste Plant 28 barrels per week from Allentown Plant to Los Canos Waste Plant 10 barrels per week from Allentown Plant to Duras Waste Plant 3. Develop a transshipment model in which each of the plants and disposal sites can be used as intermediate points. Please see tab two (Intermediate Shipping) of the attached spreadsheet after the data was analyzed and dropped into the Excel Spreadsheet and the Data Solver was utilized to obtain the stated highlighted results. 4. Solve the model given in 3 and describe the results. The results of the model are shown...
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...increasing the number of customers. Each of these strengths makes them stand out from their competitors and allows them to satisfy their customer’s needs. UPS offers all kinds of services like air, ground, domestic, commercial, international, and residential. They are mainly known for ground shipping because that is their most used service. Ground shipping is used in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and is the most cost-effective service they have. International services allow you to choose from the best available flights (UPS Express Critical), 1-3 business days (UPS Worldwide Express/Plus, Saver), or 2-5 business days (UPS Worldwide Expedited). Air freight shipping allows you to meet your shipping deadlines with decent air rates. They also have a supply chain service (freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and returns management) which helps improve the efficiency of the supply chain management process. Their freight forwarding service is the largest U.S domestic air freight carrier. UPS is mainly a ground-shipping company and being the second largest air carrier is a bonus for them. They offer a guaranteed and a non-guaranteed global air freight service that allows you to choose shipping times ranging from next day delivery to five day delivery. Also, they provide you with an online service that helps figure out what your air freight rate might be and create your shipments. This service also allows you to track your freight movements as it is being shipped or access a full view...
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...International Business Management Presented by Taiyiba Mufti Maria Salman Ahsan Zaidi Ibrahim Tanveer Hina Amjad Sana Nadeem Ali Amer Mahira Anwar Abbasi INCO TERM ASSIGNMENT We selected Alibaba.com as the platform to approach the international supplier, and the product of choice was electrical scooter. We demanded that a quote for a quantity of hundred scooters be provided and freight terms be discussed as well. To demand this quote we did not specifically use any inco-terms, we simply asked them to apprise us of the terms of transaction and freight details (Appendix A). In turn the reply came to us in form of an email with the quote as an attachment. (Appendix B) The following inco-terms were used by the suppliers in the quote. FOB: Free ON Board The seller pays for the all costs of transportation of goods to the port of shipment and the transfer of goods on board the vessel designated by the buyer. FCL: Full Container Load It is a term of ocean freight; it suggests that the container used for transportation is exclusively utilized by one importer/ exporter. It can also imply that the supplier has packaged and loaded the goods into a container provided by a forwarder before delivering to the cargo terminal. It does not necessarily mean that the container will be utilized to its maximum capacity. HQ: High cube container With this type of container you gain the advantage of an added foot as compared to a standard container. EXW: Ex Works The seller only bears charges...
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...A great strategy used by Blue Nile is the offering of a wide array of products; a great strategy to take advantage of the e- market. Nevertheless, many customers will buy online because the products are less pricy, and often times the collection of goods is larger, and products can be shipped directly to their households. What its more, less expensive items tend have lower shipping and handling, which it’s always a great incentive for any online shopper. Conclusion Technological changes and increasingly aggressive use of information systems by businesses have several consequences. Technology affects individuals, their jobs, educational systems, governments, and society as a whole. Although computers and MIS contribute a lot to business and e-commerce, managers need to understand how businesses, technology, and society interact. Dealing with changes in privacy and security threats are increasingly important to managing a company. Evaluating changes in society also gives a manager an advantage in the marketplace. As citizens, managers should be aware of the negative and positive effects of technology. In particular, changes in technology can often lead to changes in political power and control. As a manager and a citizen, you are obligated to make ethical decisions and to understand the consequences of your actions. Increasing dependence on technology brings with it new threats to the security of the firm. Managers need to recognize and evaluate these threats and understand...
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...has more than forty shipping lines which make about 3100 ship calls every year. The port provides shipping services to major ports all over the world. The port is made up of 34 berths at five different docks, two major piers and river wharves. The ports purpose built international container terminals handle a variety of cargoes including motor vehicles, consumer goods, various materials and agricultural goods. The port on average handles over $1.8billion worth of cargo. The ports logistics network extends across south eastern Australia. The port offers access to the State’s major road and rail networks for further logistics requirements. The Dynon Port Rail Link provides 24 hour rail access for containers arriving or need to be transported to the port. The port provides access to South Australia, Western Australia, regional NSW and all across the east coast of mainland Australia. The port provides 24 hour commercial shipping control, quarantine and customs services, provision and maintenance of navigational aids for commercial shipping and strategic planning for the future of commercial shipping needs. The port also provides a crucial service for the transfer of containers between the sea and land. The Port of Melbourne manages port activities in order to facilitate the effective landside movement of cargo for owners and operators of Container Company’s. The Port of Melbourne provides a variety of container logistics services including: * Shipping * Pilotage *...
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...recognize its revenue using FOB shipping point or FOB destination. Suggested Solution 1) FOB Destination shipping term * The truck accident had no impact on company’s third quarter financial results. * The truck left Manitoba on Sep 30, which was too late to reach Distributor’s North Carolina facility prior the end of the quarter. * Biovail could not have recognized revenue resulting from the shipment regardless of the accident. 2) From David Maris view, Biovail should not be able to record revenue from the sale of drugs in the truck in the third quarter. 3) Refer to page 2 from the 4th and 5th paragraph, it has been mentioned there has been a disagreement on the FOB contract structure which could lead to a trace back to an attempt by personnel in Biovail to setup an accounting fraud scheme from the truck accident. From Biovail most recent filing with US SEC stated that they recognized product sales revenue when the product was shipped to the customer provided that the firm had not retained any significant risk of ownerships or future obligations with the respect to the product shipped. Recommendation * Biovail should have their own code of ethics that can be used as a guideline by their employees * To ensure their sustainability, Biovail should avoid overestimate of products and overstating revenue. * Their employees, especially who are related to financial department, should well-understood about the FOB shipping point and FOB destination to...
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