FALSE:: ERROR: UNSUPPORTED ENCODING
It doesn’t appear this improves the solution shown in question 1. The plants that are at capacity in part 1 are Brazil, India, Mexico, and the U.S.; adding a million kilograms of capacity to those plants does not result in a lower overall cost for the entire supply chain.
4. How are your recommendations affected by the reduction of duties?
A reduction in duties to 0% across the board results in the following costs:
$38.25Total Transportation Cost (millions)
$1,325.40Total Production Cost (millions)
$0.00Total Tariffs (millions)
$1,363,650,824TOTAL COST
The solution matrix is far less sparse; virtually every market receives imports from every other market with the exception of Mexico and Asia