The Executive Furniture Corporation, which manufactures office desks at three locations: Des Moines, Evansville and Fort Lauderdale. The firm distributes the desks through regional warehouses located in Albuquerque, Boston and Cleveland. The production costs per desk are the same at each factory and hence the only relevant costs are those of shipping from each source to each destination. They are assumed to be constant regardless of their volume shipped. An estimate of the monthly production capacity at each factory and estimate of the number of desks required per month at each destination and the shipping cost ($) per desk from each source to each destination is given in the following table: Transportation table for Executive Furniture Corporation To FromAlbuquerque Boston Cleveland Factory capacityDes Moines 6 5 8 300Evansville 5 9 8 400Fort Lauderdale 4 5 6 350Requirements 350 250 450 Find an initial feasible solution to this transportation problem by following the North-West corner Rule. How much should be shipped from each source to each destination to minimize the total shipping cost? What will be the minimal total cost? The Executive Furniture Corporation, which manufacture: office de:k: at three location:: DesMoines, Evansville and Fort Lauderdale. The firm distributes the desk: through regionalwarehouse: located in Albuquerque, Bocton and Cleveland. The production costs per de:k are thesame at each factory and hence the only relevant cocts are those of chipping from each source tocach destination. They are assumed to be constant regardless of their volume shipped. Anestimate of the monthly production capacity at each factory and estimate of the number of de:k:required per month at each destination and the chipping cost ($) per de:k from each source toeach destination is given in the following table:Eransportation table for Executive Furniture CorporationТоAlbuquerqueBostonClevelandFactoryсарасiryFromDe: Moine:6.5300Evansville5400Fort Lauderdale456.350Requirement:350250450Find an initial fea:ible zolution to thi: tran-portation problem by following the North-Weztcorner Rule.How much should be shipped from each source to each destination to minimize the totalchipping cost?What will be the minimal total cost?

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The Executive Furniture Corporation, which manufactures office desks at three locations: Des Moines, Evansville and Fort Lauderdale. The firm distributes the desks through regional warehouses located in Albuquerque, Boston and Cleveland. The production costs per desk are the same at each factory and hence the only relevant costs are those of shipping from each source to each destination. They are assumed to be constant regardless of their volume shipped. An estimate of the monthly production capacity at each factory and estimate of the number of desks required per month at each destination and the shipping cost ($) per desk from each source to each destination is given in the following table:

Transportation table for Executive Furniture Corporation