Generic Motors (GM) is making plans for its weekly operation for next year. GM makes three lines of
cars: Luxury (L), Mid-sized (M), and Economy (E). They have divided the country into four regions:
Northeast (NE), Northwest (NW), Southeast (SE) and Southwest (SW). They have two factories that can
ship to the four distribution center via train. Each distribution center will need to provide cars to the
dealers in that region; this is done via trucking. Note that since customers need their cars within a week,
everything is built on a weekly production and shipment schedule. The following information is included:
1) Production costs and capacities at the two factories for the three lines.
2) Retail cost of the three lines.
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3) A weekly demand model for each of the four regions.
4) Shipping information from the factories to the distribution center of the four regions.
5) Shipping information from the distribution center to the dealers.
You have been asked to maximize the expected weekly profit for GM.
Make sure the spreadsheet is well documented! Use the color coding and headers we used all
semester long. You do not need to reproduce the spreadsheet in the report except the decision tree,
and a summary of your results.