SC Consulting, a supply chain consulting firm, must decide on the location of its home offices. Its clients are located primarily in the 5 states listed below. There are four potential sites for hom

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Assignment 1 Question 1: The supply capacities at each origin (factory) and demand at each destination (warehouse) are shown and the cost information is given as follows. Cost Information: Warehouse Factory 1 2 3 4 Supply 1 4 7 7 1 100 2 12 3 8 8 200 3 8 10 16 5 150 Demand 80 90 120 160 Please generate the conceptual model and excel model to decide the optimal transportation decisions. Question 2 SC Consulting, a supply chain consulting firm, must decide on the location of its home offices. Its clients are located primarily in the 5 states listed below . There are four potential sites for home offices: Los Angeles, Tulsa, Denver, and Seattle. The annual fixed cost of locating an office in Los Angeles is $165, 000 , Tulsa is $131, 00 0, Denver is $140,000, and Seattle is $145,000. The expected number of trips to each state and the travel costs from each potential site are shown below . Each consultant is e xpected to take at most 40 trips each year. If at most 3 consultants are to be assigned to a home office, where should the offices be set up? How many consultants should be assigned to each office? What is the annual cost of this network? Please generate the conceptual model and excel model to answer these questions. Travel cost ($) Los Angeles Tulsa Denver Seattle Number of trips required Washington 150 250 200 25 40 Oregon 150 250 200 75 35 California 75 200 150 125 100 Idaho 150 200 125 125 25 Nevada 100 200 125 150 40 Tips: The limit number of consultants and the maximal number of the expected trips for each consultant determine the capacity of the home offices in each area. When you get the number of trips assigned to each office, then divided by 40 and you can get th e required number of consultants.