In the Name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most MERCIFUL

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 SIMPLE MEDIAN
MODEL
Presented By Sqn Ldr M Umar Farooq
Total No of Slides : 4

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 PROBLEM STATEMENT

Location finalization of new

plant Loc 2

Loc 1
Receiving raw material from
two locations

Distribute the finished goods to two WH-1

warehouses

Where should we locate new facility to minimize

transportation cost

WH-2

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Time Management Skills
 The Simple Median Model (SMM)
Movement is allowed from E-W or N-S
and “No Diagonal movement” Sources of raw materials and distribution warehouses

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Existing No of Loads to
Location F
Plant be Shifted 60
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F1 20, 30 755 F
3
50
F2 10, 40 900
F
40 2
F3 30, 50 450
F4 40, 60 500 30
F
20 1
Location 1 Location 2
X-20 and Y-10 X-20 and Y-30
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Location 3 Location 4 0
X-30 and Y-50 X-40 and Y-60 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
 LOCATION MODELING & ECONOMICS

1
STEP

Median of Nos of Load

=2605

Median is 1303
 3-STEP PROCESS
Sources of raw materials and distribution warehouses

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1 2
60
STEP

STEP
50

40

Median of Nos of Load Find X Co-Ordinates

Load 1-900 shipped by F2 30
=2605
Load 901-1655 shipped by F1
F
Median is 1303 As we have reached our 20 1

median value i.e 1303 so our X

coordinate will be 20
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1-900 901-1655

0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
 3-STEP PROCESS
Sources of raw materials and distribution warehouses

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2 3
60

STEP

STEP
Location of new facility
756-1655

50

40

PLACEHOLDER TEXT PLACEHOLDER TEXT

30 Load 1-900 shipped by F2 Load 1-755 shipped by F1
Load 901-1655 shipped by F1 Load 756-1655 shipped by F2
1-755

20 As we have reached our As we have reached our

median value i.e 1303 so our X median value i.e 1303 so our Y
coordinate will be 20 coordinate will be 40
10

0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
 LIMITATIONS

01 Assumed any Point in

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START

XY plane is eligible.

Population density and

other limitations are
also neglected

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Only addition of 1
facility was considered

STOP
Does not consider road
availability and Physical
terrain.
Questions