Consider the following network representation of a transportation problem: Des Moines 25 14 30 Jefferson City 16 Kansas City 15 10 20 Omaha S St. Louis 10 Supplies Demands The supplies, demands, and transportation costs per unit are shown on the network. The optimal (cost minimizing) distribution plan is given below. Des Moines Kansas City St.Louis Supply Jefferson City 20 0 10 30 Omaha 5 15 0 20 Demand 25 15 10 Total Cost: $540. Find an alternative optimal solution for the above problem. If your answer is zero, enter "0". Des Moines Kansas City St.Louis Jefferson City 25 25 5 Omaha 15 15 5 Total Cost: $ 540

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Solve the following case study using the transportation method:Suppose there is a manufacturing company that produces and distributes its products to various customer locations across the country. This company has three production plants (Plant A, Plant B, and Plant C) located in different locations, and there are also five distribution centers (DC 1, DC 2, DC 3, DC 4, and DC 5) scattered across various regions. Sources Distribution Center   DC 1 DC 2 DC 3 DC 4 Capacity Plant A $145 $150 $165 $140 2000 Plant B $175 $135 $120 $165 1250 Plant C $113 $156 $134 $148 1250 Demand 1000 1200 1400 900   The company's goal is to determine the most efficient transportation routes for delivering products from the plants to the distribution centers, considering transportation costs and available capacities.

The Thor International Company operates four factories that ship products to five warehouses. The shipping​ costs, requirements, and capacities are shown in the tableau below. Use the transportation method to find the shipping schedule that minimizes shipping cost.                                                                                                                                                                           Factory Shipping Cost per Case to each Warehouse Capacity W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 Dummy F1   ​$4   ​$5   ​$4   ​$3   ​$6   ​$0 50,000             F2   ​$3   ​$4   ​$4   ​$5   ​$7   ​$0 80,000             F3   ​$3   ​$4   ​$5   ​$3   ​$5   ​$0 90,000               F4   ​$4   ​$6   ​$5   ​$6   ​$3   ​$0 40,000…

The Thor International Company operates four factories that ship products to five warehouses. The shipping costs, requirements, and capacities are shown in the tableau below. Use the transportation method to find the shipping schedule that minimizes shipping cost. Shipping Cost per Case to each Warehouse W2 Factory Сарacity W1 W3 W4 W5 Dummy $5 $5 $4 $7 $0 F1 60,000 $4 $5 $4 $6 $8 $0 F2 80,000 $6 $5 $7 $4 $5 $0 F3 80,000 $5 $9 $6 $7 $4 $0 F4 40,000 Demand 45,000 40,000 30,000 35,000 50,000 60,000 260,000 The minimum shipping cost is S | (Enter your response as a whole number.)

Adelie Enterprises is exploring a new service to provide weekly delivery of grocery items to homes in the greater Greenwood area. The company’s customers place Web-based orders and Adelie’s team assembles and delivers the orders in specially designed cardboard boxes. Management, interested in locating a supplier that can provide boxes cheaply and efficiently, has discovered that each potential supplier’s ability to satisfy the company’s requirements is influenced by the level of demand. The following table provides Adelie’s vendor selection criteria, criterion weights, and rankings (1–10 with 10 being the highest) under the assumption that low, moderate,or high demand is generated for their service.a. Which supplier should be selected if there is low demand for Adelie’s new service? Which supplier should be selected under moderate demand assumptions? Under high demand assumptions?b. Which supplier is selected if Adelie evaluates each alternative using a Maximin decision criterion (see…

1. Central Construction Company moves materials between three plants and three projects. Project A requires 140 truckloads each week, project B requires 200, and project C requires 80. Plant W can supply 120 loads, plant X can supply 160 , and plant Y can supply 140. Using the cost information given in the following table, compute the optimal transportation cost using the stepping-stone method. Cost Information From To project A To project B To project C Plant W $10 $4 $9 Plant X 6. 5 Plant Y 7 4

Obtain the initial basic feasible solution to the following transportation problem using north-   west corner rule   D1 D2 D3 D4 SUPPLY O1 6 4 1 5 14 O2 8 9 2 7 16 O3 4 3 6 2 5 DEMAND 6 10 15 4   Where O1, O2, O3, O4 are the origins and D1, D2, D3, D4 are requirements respectively. Obtain the minimum cost and comment upon the concept of transportation problem and its significance in detail.

Solving this problem using the transportation simplex method (i.e. Chapter 19) to min-imize the transportation costs can take numerous iterations. Clearly show with expla-nations between steps (this is not a small problem) the first 5 iterations of this method. Clearly state your delivery answer between iterations and the final costs. What do you observe about these costs.

Using the intuitive least cost method for the given transportation problem, answer the following: Cleveland Dayton Erie Supply Allentown $22 $16 $21 100 Philadelphia $28 $27 $18 150 Harrisburg Demand $25 $23 $19 175 175 175 175 What is the maximum quantity that can be shipped from Allentown to Erie? [ Select] What is the maximum quantity that can be shipped from Harrisburg to Cleveland? [ Select] What is the maximum quantity that can be shipped from Harrisburg to Dayton? [ Select ] Which demand location will have an unmet demand? [Select ]