Three suppliers A, B and C, each produce road grit which has to be delivered to council depots W, X, Y and Z. The stock held at each supplier and the demand from each depot is known. The cost, in pounds, of transporting one lorry load of grit from each supplier to each depot is also known. This information is given in the table. Suppliers Supplier A Supplier B Supplier C Demand (Lorry Loads) Depot W Depot X Depot Y Depot Z Stock (Lorry Loads) 180 110 ERSI 130 290 N D150 190 250 280 240 270 120 11 15 10 190 14 a) Use the Vogel's Approximation Technique (VAT or VAM) b) and Least Cost Method to supply out all the stocks c) Compute their total costs incurred 14 16 20 50
Three suppliers A, B and C, each produce road grit which has to be delivered to council depots W, X, Y and Z. The stock held at each supplier and the demand from each depot is known. The cost, in pounds, of transporting one lorry load of grit from each supplier to each depot is also known. This information is given in the table. Suppliers Supplier A Supplier B Supplier C Demand (Lorry Loads) Depot W Depot X Depot Y Depot Z Stock (Lorry Loads) 180 110 ERSI 130 290 N D150 190 250 280 240 270 120 11 15 10 190 14 a) Use the Vogel's Approximation Technique (VAT or VAM) b) and Least Cost Method to supply out all the stocks c) Compute their total costs incurred 14 16 20 50
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Chapter1: Variables, Expressions, And Integers
Section1.5: Adding Integers
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