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You work for EZOffice, a manufacturer of office furniture such as desks, tables and chairs.

The company maintains a blog that is used for the following:

  1. discuss topics pertinent to the industry
  2. notify people of new products
  3. alert customers to product recalls
  4. provide general safety information

The company is about to launch a new product called the Comfyzoomer. This is a new desk chair specifically designed for people who spend long hours in front of a computer. It has been ergonomically designed, with the help of occupational therapists, to reduce back and neck strain. The chair upholstery is made from recycled materials. The frame is made from bamboo which has an overall low environmental impact. It has been priced very competitively with other premium office chairs.

Write an appropriate blog posting, for the company site, that introduces this new product.

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Arts N Crafts Industries manufacturers high-end light fixtures, which it sells internationally. The company is responsible for paying for shipping its product to a distributor located in Atlanta, Georgia. Due to the high cost of shipping, the company is considering shipping its products unassembled, but will include detailed assembly instructions in each package. By shipping unassembled products, Arts N Crafts will be able to shrink the size of its cartons and thereby increase the number of products per pallet from 16 (4 rows of 4) to 25 (5 rows of 5). Note that this change will not appreciably increase each product’s 8-pound shipping weight. Furthermore, since individual fixtures will be packed more tightly, they will be less susceptible to damage and easier to handle. Thus, the company expects the freight class to decrease from 85 to 70. Currently the company ships 400 units per week. a. Using Table 15.2, assess the impact of the proposed change in packaging on weekly shipping cost. b. How will your analysis change if demand for the product increases to 500 units per week?

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Helping Harvest is a food bank in the Greater Miami area that collects food donations from local grocery stores and transports them back to a distribution center for sorting and transfer to local food kitchens that feed needy clients. Tight budgets and environmental concerns require that both fuel and driver resources be used sparingly. Thus, Mr. Vivek, Helping Harvest’s general manager, would like to ensure that collection vehicles are routed most efficiently. The table below provides the driving distance in miles among the depot (the distribution center from where truck begins and ends its route) and the five stores that donate food. From/To Depot Store A Store B Store C Store D Store E Depot – 10 24 60 40 26 Store A 10 – 34 46 35 44 Store B 24 34 – 48 20 15 Store C 60 46 48 – 15 35 Store D 40 35 20 15 – 12 Store E 26 44 15 35 12 – Currently, the Helping Harvest truck travels the following route Depot–Store A–Store B–Store C–Store D–Store E–Depot. a. Use the NN heuristics to find a shorter route and calculate the savings in miles traveled per day. b. The manager at Store B would like the Helping Harvest truck to pick up from her store as early as possible. How many miles does the constraint of visiting Store B first add to the route selected in part a?

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On Thursdays, Traxis Consolidated delivers liquid oxygen to its industrial customers in northern Michigan. The table below provides the driving time in minutes among all customers and the Traxis liquid oxygen depot location. From/To A (depot) B C D E F G H A (depot) – 73 65 47 84 32 29 23 B 73 – 38 56 78 30 27 51 C 65 38 – 69 54 57 67 45 D 47 56 69 – 43 61 33 52 E 84 78 54 43 – 37 46 62 F 32 30 57 61 37 – 35 47 G 29 27 67 33 46 35 – 18 H 23 51 45 52 62 47 18 – a. Currently, Traxis travels from the depot (A) to (F) to (G) to (D) to (E) to (H) to (B) to (C), then return b. Using the depot (A) as the beginning location, create a route using the NN heuristic. What is the total driving time using this route? c. Use the NN heuristic to calculate seven routes, each starting from one of Traxis’s customer’s locations. What are your conclusions

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