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Supply Chain design model with Multiple: (LINDO_SCM_Planner.lng)
plants, products, DC's, mode of transport, customers,
This model helps you decide:
which plants produce which products,
which distribution centers(DC) should be used,
which mode of transportation is used, Plant to DC,
which mode of transportation is used, DC to Cust,
which DC serves which customer,
so as to minimize total of
Production cost + Shipping cost inbound to DC's + Fixed cost of DC's +
Variable cost at DC's + Shipping cost outbound
and not exceeding capacities at Plants and DC's;
Ref: based on original Hunt-Wesson Foods 3-level distribution
model of Geoffrion & Graves, Man. Sci., Jan., 1974;