GSCM 520 Week 7 Case Study

GSCM 520 Week 7 Case Study

Week 7

Case—Distribution Center Location-Grainger (p.477)

Please address the following:

• Relative to the U.S. distribution network, calculate the costs associated with running the existing system. Assume that 40% of the volume arrives in Seattle and 60% in Los Angeles, and the port processing fee for federal processing at both locations is $5.00 per CBM. Assume that everything is transferred to the Kansas City distribution center by rail, where it is unloaded and quality checked. Assume that all volume is then transferred by truck to the nine existing warehouses in the United States.