Inbound Transportation Problem You are a logistics analyst for a major third party logistics company which is the lead provider (LLP) for an assembly plant located in Detroit, Michigan. Your job is to ign most efficient truck routes possible for parts inbound daily to the assembly plant. The truck begin and end at the plant. The routes that you design must minimize the total distance traveled and the number of trucks used while complying with the US Department of Transportation rules concerning the hours that drivers can be behind the wheel as in Figure 1. The plant must receive enough parts to meet its daily demand over a five day week. weight All of the trailers are 98 inches wide, 110 high and 53 feet long. The capacity of each trailer is 45,000 pounds. The truck travels at an average rate of speed of 1.25 minutes per mile and each stop to load parts and unload empty, returned containers takes 30 minutes. Figure 2 presents data on each of the parts coming from each supplier. For example, part A8 is coming from a supplier located in Bowling Green, Ohio in a container called a standard pack, which holds 28 units. container inches long, 39 inches wide, 45 inches high, weighs 480 pounds when full and can be stacked two high (one on the floor and one on top) n The plant units of this part each day and it goes to one three in the plant. The miles from and to all 16 points and Detroit are presented in Table 1. Assume that the parts are delivered to one central receiving point the plant.
