Purchase Solution

Quality & Supply Chain Management

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Your challenge is find the least cost solution. Your solution need only specify how many truckloads will be shipped on each transportation route that you choose to use and the cost incurred when using that transportation route. The lower the total cost, the better.

Write a position paper (1-2 pages) on whether the use of transfer points is necessary or justified in this case.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

Word document contains mix of theoretical and practical illustrations of transfer points.

Solution Preview

Please refer attached file for help on your position paper. I have given mix of theoretical and practical illustrations, which you can use to structure the position paper.
You can use the attached document to build your final position paper.
The position paper is based on my readings and knowledge and not copied or adapted from any online or hard cop text.

Position Paper: Use of transfer points in transportation to minimize total transportation cost

Introduction: Finding least total transportation cost is a key aspect of delivering cost competitive products to the customers. For given demand points, the challenge is to identify location of facilities, including manufacturing, distribution, and transfer points, so that total transportation cost is minimized. The solution to the problem involves location, capacity, demand points served, and quantity shipped on each route.
This position paper is about justification of transfer points in transportation network to minimize the total transportation cost.

Context: To evaluate use of transfer points in transportation network, the context where a firm has manufacturing locations with certain capacity and demand points with known quantum of demand at each location is taken up. The firm wants to serve the demand fully or partially with minimum transportation cost. In order to achieve the objective the firm is evaluating two options: 1) direct shipments from manufacturing plants to demand ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Employee Orientation

Test your knowledge of employee orientation with this fun and informative quiz. This quiz is meant for beginner and advanced students as well as professionals already working in the HR field.

Academic Reading and Writing: Critical Thinking

Importance of Critical Thinking

Balance Sheet

The Fundamental Classified Balance Sheet. What to know to make it easy.

Accounting: Statement of Cash flows

This quiz tests your knowledge of the components of the statements of cash flows and the methods used to determine cash flows.

SWOT

This quiz will test your understanding of the SWOT analysis, including terms, concepts, uses, advantages, and process.