Operations Management
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Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter C, Problem 11P
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To determine: The optimal solution and the total cost using transportation problem.
Introduction: The major objective of the transportation problem is to minimize the distributing cost of a product from a source to an origin. Transportation problem is one of the type of linear programming.
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SC Consulting, a supply chain consulting firm, must decide on the location of its home offices. Its
clients are located primarily in the 5 states listed below. There are four potential sites for home
offices: Los Angeles, Tulsa, Denver, and Seattle. The annual fixed cost of locating an office in Los
Angeles is $165,000, Tulsa is $131,000, Denver is $140,000, and Seattle is $145,000. The
expected number of trips to each state and the travel costs from each potential site are shown
below. Each consultant is expected to take at most 40 trips each year.
If at most 3 consultants are to be assigned to a home office, where should the offices be set up?
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Operations Management
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