city deliveries 2
The companies:
Kit Contractors: 40km round trip
Branson Builders: 16.4km round trip
Couriers and charges:
Ally: from the graph
Bert: $5 flag fall and $2 per km
Chip: Flat rate of $60 regardless of the distance
Daisy: $20 flag fall and 50 cents per km ($0.5)
A. Represent the couriers charges as mathematical equations using equations and graphs.
B. Recommend the cheapest courier to use for getting Kit Contractors and Branson Builders, their goods to their depot and back.
Kit Contractors: 40km round trip
Branson Builders: 16.4km round trip
Couriers and charges:
Ally: from the graph
Bert: $5 flag fall and $2 per km
Chip: Flat rate of $60 regardless of the distance
Daisy: $20 flag fall and 50 cents per km ($0.5)
A. Represent the couriers charges as mathematical equations using equations and graphs.
B. Recommend the cheapest courier to use for getting Kit Contractors and Branson Builders, their goods to their depot and back.
Looking at my graph, the cheapest courier for Kit Contractors is to use Daisy, and the cheapest option for Branson Builders is to use Ally.
Table of Cost ($) and Distance(km)
Courier B is the cheapest for a round trip of 5km for companies within 2.5km of their depots.
Courier A is the cheapest for a round trip between 5km and 20km for companies within 2.5km to 10km of their depots.
Courier D is the cheapest for a round trip between 20km and 80km for companies within 10km and 40km of their depots.
After 80km, courier C is the cheapest to use.
Courier A is the cheapest for a round trip between 5km and 20km for companies within 2.5km to 10km of their depots.
Courier D is the cheapest for a round trip between 20km and 80km for companies within 10km and 40km of their depots.
After 80km, courier C is the cheapest to use.
My Strategy For a Competitive Pricing Structure
Design and recommend a pricing structure that
will allow you to be the cheapest service and still be profitable.
Equations:
Cost = md+c
C= 2d+3, for distances between 0 and 5km
C = d +8, for distances between 5km and 20km
C = 0.5d + 18 for distances between 20km and 80km
C = 58 for distances beyond 80km
For the first 5km - the price for a round trip to the depot and back is $2 per km and a fixed charge of $3.
The next stage is $1 per km up to a maximum cost of $8 between 5km and 20km.
The following stage is 50 cents per km up to a maximum of $68. Beyond 80km the cost does not change.
See graph below for pricing structure. (The black line).
Design and recommend a pricing structure that
will allow you to be the cheapest service and still be profitable.
Equations:
Cost = md+c
C= 2d+3, for distances between 0 and 5km
C = d +8, for distances between 5km and 20km
C = 0.5d + 18 for distances between 20km and 80km
C = 58 for distances beyond 80km
For the first 5km - the price for a round trip to the depot and back is $2 per km and a fixed charge of $3.
The next stage is $1 per km up to a maximum cost of $8 between 5km and 20km.
The following stage is 50 cents per km up to a maximum of $68. Beyond 80km the cost does not change.
See graph below for pricing structure. (The black line).