5. A company is considering an expansion into five new sales territories. The company has four salesmen. Based on the salesmen's experiences and capability the TSM has estimated required time (days) for each of the salesmen to complete the advertising campaign in each of the sales territories. The estimated durations are as follows: TERRITORIES 1 2 3 4 5 s1 75 80 85 70 90 SALES S2 91 71 82 75 85 MEN S3 78 90 85 80 80 S4 65 75 88 85 90 Suggest optimum assignment of the salesmen. If for certain reasons, salesman S4 cannot be assigned to territory 3, will the optimum assignment be different? If so, what would be the new assignment schedule?

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5. A company is considering an expansion into five new sales territories. The company has four salesmen.
Based on the salesmen's experiences and capability the TSM has estimated required time (days) for each
of the salesmen to complete the advertising campaign in each of the sales territories. The estimated
durations are as follows:
TERRITORIES
1
3
4
s1
75
80
85
70
90
SALES
S2
91
71
82
75
85
MEN
S3
78
90
85
80
80
S4
65
75
88
85
90
Suggest optimum assignment of the salesmen. If for certain reasons, salesman S4 cannot be assigned to
territory 3, will the optimum assignment be different? If so, what would be the new assignment schedule?
Transcribed Image Text:5. A company is considering an expansion into five new sales territories. The company has four salesmen. Based on the salesmen's experiences and capability the TSM has estimated required time (days) for each of the salesmen to complete the advertising campaign in each of the sales territories. The estimated durations are as follows: TERRITORIES 1 3 4 s1 75 80 85 70 90 SALES S2 91 71 82 75 85 MEN S3 78 90 85 80 80 S4 65 75 88 85 90 Suggest optimum assignment of the salesmen. If for certain reasons, salesman S4 cannot be assigned to territory 3, will the optimum assignment be different? If so, what would be the new assignment schedule?
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