apolis, makes weekily shipments to area. Each customers order weighs, on average, 2,000 pounds. A direct truck shipment from Minneapolis to Dallas costs $2,500. The maximum load per truck is 20,000 pounds. a. The total cost for Astro to make direct, single-order shipments to all of its customers is s per week. (Enter your response as a whole number.) The average truck utilization level for the single-order shipment option is%. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) b. Suppose a Dallas-based warehousing firm has agreed to run a break-bulk warehousing operation for Astro at a cost of $80 per hundred-weight. Local deliveries to each customer would tack on another $250 per customer per week. The total cost of the break-bulk warehousing option is S per week. (Enter your response as a whole number.) By going with a break-bulk solution, Astro could save SO per week. (Enter your response as a whole number.) c. The warehousing cost would need to be greater than or equal to S (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) per hundred-weight for the break-bulk option to be no more attractive than direct shipments

apolis, makes weekily shipments to area. Each customers order weighs, on average, 2,000 pounds. A direct truck shipment from Minneapolis to Dallas costs $2,500. The maximum load per truck is 20,000 pounds. a. The total cost for Astro to make direct, single-order shipments to all of its customers is s per week. (Enter your response as a whole number.) The average truck utilization level for the single-order shipment option is%. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) b. Suppose a Dallas-based warehousing firm has agreed to run a break-bulk warehousing operation for Astro at a cost of $80 per hundred-weight. Local deliveries to each customer would tack on another $250 per customer per week. The total cost of the break-bulk warehousing option is S per week. (Enter your response as a whole number.) By going with a break-bulk solution, Astro could save SO per week. (Enter your response as a whole number.) c. The warehousing cost would need to be greater than or equal to S (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) per hundred-weight for the break-bulk option to be no more attractive than direct shipments

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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