When not cooking for Cody and Lucky, Don works part-time as a logistics expert. Don needs to optimize the shipment of plastic plates from the Plants in Miami, St. Louis, and Cleveland to the customers in Pittsburg, Atlanta, and Chicago.
Don wants to minimize the cost of shipping the plastic plates from the plants to the customers. The data for the problem is summarized in the following table.
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Distance From Plants to Customers
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| Plant |
Pittsburgh |
Atlanta |
Chicago |
Supply |
| Miami |
1200 |
700 |
1300 |
30 |
| St. Louis |
700 |
550 |
300 |
62 |
| Cleveland |
125 |
675 |
350 |
50 |
| Demand |
62 |
60 |
20 |
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