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Steel Appliances (Figure 5-8) Using Solver to Optimize Location for Steel Appliances
1. Using Data | Analysis | Solver, solve the model to obtain
location of facility represented by pink dot in chart below.
Sources/ $/Ton Mile Tons Coordinates
Markets Fn Dn xn yn dn 2. Change tonnage from St. Lous in Cell D7 to 1,700. How do
you expect location of facility to change? Try using Solver.
Buffalo 0.90 500 700 1200 1389
Sources Memphis 0.95 300 250 600 650 3. Change tonnage from St. Lous in Cell D7 to 2,700. How do
you expect location of facility to change? Try using Solver.
St. Louis 0.85 700 225 825 855
Atlanta 1.50 225 600 500 781
Boston 1.50 150 1050 1200 1595
Markets Jacksonville 1.50 250 800 300 854
Philadelphia 1.50 175 925 975 1344
New York 1.50 300 1000 1080 1472
0 0
Facility Location 1400
1200
x= 0.0 1000
y= 0.0
800
Y

Cost = ### 600

400
200
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
X

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tion for Steel Appliances

er, solve the model to obtain
by pink dot in chart below.
us in Cell D7 to 1,700. How do
o change? Try using Solver.
us in Cell D7 to 2,700. How do
o change? Try using Solver.

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