Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

Solved Problem 1

1. The new Health-Watch facility is targeted to serve seven census tracts in Erie, Pennsylvania, whose latitudes and longitudes are shown in Table 13.1, along with the population in each census tract (in thousands). Customers will travel from the seven census-tract centers to the new facility when they need health care. What is the target area’s center of gravity for the Health-Watch medical facility?

   Table 13. 1 Location Data And Calculations For Health-Watch

   Census Tract	Population	Latitude	Longitude	Population × Latitude	Population × Longitude
   15	2,711	42.134	$-80.041$	114,225.27	$-216,991.15$
   16	4,161	42.129	$-80.023$	175,298.77	$-332,975.70$
   17	2,988	42.122	$-80.055$	125,860.54	$-239,204.34$
   25	2,512 ...