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Case 1: Heinz Tomatoes
Presenting Problem
The Heinz Company produces a tomato product at three plants. This
product can be shipped directly to the company’s two customers, or it can first be shipped to the company’s two warehouses and then to the customers. Figure below is a network representation of Heinz’s supply chain.
Nodes 1, 2, and 3 represent the plants (these are the origins, denoted by S for supplier), nodes 4 and 5 represent the warehouses (these are the transshipment points, denoted by T), and nodes 6 and 7 represent the customers (these are the destinations, denoted by D). Note that some shipments are allowed among plants, among warehouses, and among customers. Also, some arcs have arrows on both ends. This means that flow is allowed in either direction.
The cost of producing the product is the same at each plant, so Heinz is concerned with minimizing the total shipping cost incurred in meeting customer demands. The production capacity of each plant (in tons per year) and the demand of each customer are shown in Figure above for example, plant 1 (node 1) has a...
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