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2. Titan Susan Li, vice president for operations of HHN, Inc., a manufacturer of cabinets for telephone switches, is constrained from meeting her 5-year forecast by limited capacity at the company's three existing plants. These plants are Waterloo, Pusan, and Bogota. As her able assistant, you have been told that because of existing capacity constraints and the expanding world market for HHN cabinets, a fourth plant is to be added. The real estate department has advised Susan that two sites seem particularly good because of stable political situations and tolerable exchange rates. These two locations are Dublin, Ireland and Fontainebleau, France. Susan suggests that from the data collected in the following table, which provide production and transportation costs, you should be able to determine where the fourth plant should be located. Solve this problem and explain the selected choice to Susan. Also, provide the delivery schedule of your solution.

		Plant	Location
Market Area	Waterloo	Pusan	Bogota	Fontainebleau	Dublin
Canada: Demand 4000
Production Cost	50	30	40	50	45
Transportation Cost	10	25	20	25	25
South America: Demand 5000
Production Cost	50	30	40	50	45
Transportation Cost	20	25	10	30	30
Pacific Rim: Demand 10000
Production Cost	50	30	40	50	45
Transportation Cost	25	10	25	40	40
Europe: Demand 5000
Production Cost	50	30	40	50	45
Transportation Cost	25	40	30	10	20
Capacity	8000	2000	5000	9000	9000

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