Joburg Logistics (JL), a distributor of various products Polokwane receives their products from suppliers Durban, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. The company' management is concerned with the supply cost of certain product that is supplied by a manufacturer i Durban. Currently JL has a contract with Transnet Freigh Rail (TFR) for the transport of the orders from Durban. The following are the rail rate and transit time: Transit time (rail) Rail rate 5 days R2.75/unit

Using the “Transportation Matrix”, solve the transportation problem below using the Northwest Corner and Intuitive Lowest-Cost methods.  Use the Northwest Corner method result as the starting point and solve for the optimal solution using the Stepping-Stone method.    Show all steps and all calculations when doing the Stepping-Stone method.   Plants Supply   Destination Demand   Kansas City 35   Chicago 30   Omaha 50   St louis 65   Des Moines 50   Cincinnati 40   Total 135 Tons Total 135 Tons           transport cost form Plants to Destinations ($/Ton)           Plants Chicago St louis Cincinnati   Kansas city  $      4.00  $      3.00  $      3.00   Omaha  $      6.00  $      7.00  $      6.00   Des Moines  $      8.00  $      2.00  $      5.00    A. Northwest Corner method B. Intuitive Lowest-Cost method C. Stepping-Stone method

please do it in excel BETTER PRODUCTS COMPANY has decided to start manufacturing four new products in three plants that currently have excess production capacity. The products require comparable production effort per unit, so the available production capacity in the plants is measured by the number of units of any product that can be manufactured per day. a)Formulate this problem as a transportation problem by constructing the appropriate parameter table. Note:One image is of the data and the other image is option 1 to solve the exercise.

Cargo Loading. You are in charge of loading cargo ships for International Cargo Company (ICC) at a major East Coast port. You have been asked to prepare a loading plan for an ICC freighter bound for Africa. An agricultural commodities dealer would like to transport the following products aboard this ship:Commodity    Tons Available    Volume per Ton (cu.ft.)    Profit per Ton ($)1    4,000    40    702    3,000    25    503    2,000    60    604    1,000    50    80You can elect to load any or all of the available commodities. However, the ship has three cargo holds with the following capacity restrictions: Cargo Hold    Weight Capacity (tons)    Volume Capacity (cu.ft.)Forward    3,000    100,000Center    5,000    150,000Rear    2,000    120,000More than one type of commodity can be placed in the same cargo hold. However, because of balance considerations, the weight in the forward cargo hold must be within 10 percent of the weight in the rear cargo hold, and the center cargo hold…

The Winston Company has four distribution centers (A, B, C, and D) that require 40,000, 60,000, 30,000, and 50,000 gallons of de-ionized water, respectively, per month for cleaning their long-haul trucks. Three de-ionized water wholesalers (1, 2, and 3) indicated their willingness to supply as many as 50,000, 70,000, and 60,000 gallons, respectively. The total cost (shipping plus price) of delivering 1,000 gallons of de-ionized water from each wholesaler to each distribution center is shown in the following table: Distribution Center Wholesaler A B 1 $1.70 $1.90 $1.60 $1.70 2 $1.40 $1.90 $1.60 $1.70 3 $1.60 $1.50 $1.80 $1.40 a. Which of the following statements regarding setting up the tableau for the optimal solution for this problem is true? O A. The sum of supply capacities is greater than the sum of demands, so a dummy distribution center needed, O B. The sum of supply capacities is less than the sum of demands, so a dummy wholesaler is needed. C. The sum of supply capacities…

The Winston Company has four distribution centers (A, B, C, and D) that require 40,000, 60,000, 30,000, and 50,000 gallons of de-ionized water, respectively, per month for cleaning their long-haul trucks. Three de-ionized water wholesalers (1, 2, and 3) indicated their willingness to supply as many as 50,000, 70,000, and 60,000 gallons, respectively. The total cost (shipping plus price) of delivering 1,000 gallons of de-ionized water from each wholesaler to each distribution center is shown in the following table: Distribution Center Wholesaler A B D $1.90 $1.90 $1.70 $1.60 $1.70 2 $1.40 $1.60 $1.70 3 $1.60 $1.50 $1.80 $1.40 a. Which of the following statements regarding setting up the tableau for the optimal solution for this problem is true? O A. The sum of supply capacities is greater than the sum of demands, so a dummy distribution center is needed. O B. The sum of supply capacities is less than the sum of demands, so a dummy wholesaler is needed. O C. The sum of supply capacities…

Small Potatoes is a family-operated seed business that has grown rapidly. Small Potatoes specializes in supplying home gardeners with the finest seeds and gardening supplies. Until now, the firm has done all its business by placing ads in gardening and health magazines, and taking orders using a toll-free telephone number. Now, the family has decided to establish a website and sell online, but there is some disagreement about the best way to proceed. Some say it would be better to develop the site on their own, and Betty Lou Jones, a recent computer science graduate, believes she can handle the task. Others, including Sam Jones, Betty’s grandfather, feel it would be better to outsource the site and focus on the business itself. Suppose the family asked for your opinion. What approach would you take? What additional questions would you ask?  Does this appear to identify diversity, equity and inclusion?

S7.12. The Federal Parcel Service wants to build a new distribution cen- ter in Charlotte, North Carolina. The center needs to be in the vicinity of uncongested Interstate-77 and Interstate-85 interchanges and the Char- lotte-Douglas International Airport. The coordinates of these three sites and the number of weekly packages that flow to each are as follows: 1-77 1-85 Airport X= 14 X= 20 X= 30 y = 30 y = 8 ソ=14 w = 17,000 w = 12,000 W = 9000 Determine the best site location using the center-of-gravity technique.