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PRACTICE PROBLEM 4 en Clase Redes
PRACTICE PROBLEM 4 en Clase Redes
When a natural disaster strikes, normal supply chains are disrupted and
many vital supplies cannot reach those affected through the normal
routes. To handle the first couple of days after the disaster, many
specialized Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) work hard to
secure vital supplies such as food, blankets, and medicines, and deliver
these to people in the affect areas. To do so, they set up temporary
supply networks, which only operate as long as needed.
Suppose you are working with one such NGO to set up a temporary
network to distribute disaster-kits in the aftermath of a hurricane. You
have secured kits from your central supply facility that will be flown in
regularly. The kits need to be delivered once per week as long as
needed to eight (8) temporary shelters, which are located a few hours
drive from the airport.
You are choosing between five (5) locations for the DC. The distances
between the five (5) potential locations and the eight (8) shelters are
shown in the table below. The data is also found here (Excel file
Trucks that can operate on the roads after the hurricane are in short
supply, so you want to choose the location of the DC to minimize the
transport work (tonkm, or the total kit-miles travelled) in the temporary
network. Note that transport work per kit is proportional to distance.
Which of the five locations should the NGO choose to minimize the transport
work in the temporary network?
DC 1
DC 2
DC 3
DC 4
DC 5
Part 2
Due to road conditions, the shelters furthest away from the center may
suffer from late and unreliable deliveries. As a result you are thinking
about opening more than one DC.
To trade-off the fixed costs with the variable costs, you estimate that
each transported mile costs $2 per kit.
Assuming the military is ok with delivering your supplies to more than one DC,
what is the optimal number of DCs?
1
Part 3
You realize that the actual cost of setting up and operating a DC is not
perfectly known. What is the optimal number of DCs if the fixed costs are
instead $300,000 per week per DC? Assume the same transportation costs as
in Part 2.
Part 4
0 points possible (ungraded)
When you see the optimal solution from Part 3, you realize that under that
solution, much of the demand is more than 2 miles away from a DC. How does
the optimal solution change if we require that at least 60% of demand should
be less than 2 miles from a DC?
Supongamos que está trabajando con una de esas ONG para establecer una red
temporal para distribuir kits de desastre después de un huracán. Usted ha asegurado
los kits de su instalación de suministro central que se volará en forma regular. Los kits
deben ser entregados una vez por semana, siempre que sea necesario, a ocho (8)
albergues temporales, ubicados a pocas horas en automóvil desde el aeropuerto.
Está eligiendo entre cinco (5) ubicaciones para la DC. Las distancias entre los cinco
(5) lugares posibles y los ocho (8) refugios se muestran en la tabla a continuación. Los
datos también se encuentran aquí (archivo de Excel
Camiones que pueden operar en las carreteras después del huracán son escasos, por
lo que desea elegir la ubicación de la DC para minimizar el trabajo de transporte
(tonkm, o el total de kit millas viajado) en la red temporal. Tenga en cuenta que el
trabajo de transporte por kit es proporcional a la distancia.
¿Cuál de los cinco lugares debe elegir la ONG para minimizar el trabajo de transporte
en la red temporal?
Parte 2
Debido a las condiciones del camino, los refugios más alejados del centro pueden
sufrir de entregas tardías y poco fiables. Como resultado, usted está pensando en abrir
más de una DC.
Para compensar los costos fijos con los costos variables, usted estima que cada milla
transportada cuesta $ 2 por kit.
Suponiendo que el ejército está bien con la entrega de sus suministros a más de una
DC, ¿cuál es el número óptimo de DC?