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    DHL Global Forwarding faces challenges in consolidating air freight shipments from various clients. Their manager Datta must choose from options like maintaining the status quo, implementing an optimization model, or outsourcing consolidation. Currently DGF uses a manual process to consolidate shipments on a weekly basis. Students are tasked with creating an integer programming model to formulate the freight forwarding problem with decision variables, objective function, and constraints to solve using Excel Solver. The solution must then be analyzed and risks/challenges of the proposed shipment schedule must be identified.

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    DHL Global Forwarding faces challenges in consolidating air freight shipments from various clients. Their manager Datta must choose from options like maintaining the status quo, implementing an optimization model, or outsourcing consolidation. Currently DGF uses a manual process to consolidate shipments on a weekly basis. Students are tasked with creating an integer programming model to formulate the freight forwarding problem with decision variables, objective function, and constraints to solve using Excel Solver. The solution must then be analyzed and risks/challenges of the proposed shipment schedule must be identified.

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    DHL Global Forwarding faces challenges in consolidating air freight shipments from various clients. Their manager Datta must choose from options like maintaining the status quo, implementing an optimization model, or outsourcing consolidation. Currently DGF uses a manual process to consolidate shipments on a weekly basis. Students are tasked with creating an integer programming model to formulate the freight forwarding problem with decision variables, objective function, and constraints to solve using Excel Solver. The solution must then be analyzed and risks/challenges of the proposed shipment schedule must be identified.

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    DHL Global Forwarding faces challenges in consolidating air freight shipments from various clients. Their manager Datta must choose from options like maintaining the status quo, implementing an optimization model, or outsourcing consolidation. Currently DGF uses a manual process to consolidate shipments on a weekly basis. Students are tasked with creating an integer programming model to formulate the freight forwarding problem with decision variables, objective function, and constraints to solve using Excel Solver. The solution must then be analyzed and risks/challenges of the proposed shipment schedule must be identified.

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    OTM – 615 Assignment # 3

    Operations Research Due Date: Sunday, January 03, 2021

    Read the case “DHL Global Forwarding Consolidation Program” uploaded on LMS and answer the
    following questions

    1. (5 Points) What are the challenges facing DGF? What are the various options available to Datta?
    2. (5 Points) What is DGF’s current consolidated freight forwarding approach?
    3. Create a freight forwarding program on a weekly basis using Integer Programming Model
    a. (10 Points) Clearly state decision variables
    b. (20 Points) Formulate objective function
    c. (30 Points) Formulate constraints
    4. (20 Points) Solve the model using Microsoft Excel Solver and comment on the solution
    5. (10 point) Identify the risk and challenges associate with the proposed shipment schedule.

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