use the NORTH WEST CORNER RULE model, create a transportation schedule that ensures that the supplies meet the warehouses’ demands b) determine the total transportation cost to the company in doing so.

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1. GIven the table below: 

  Seattle California Las Vegas New Jersey  supply
Chicago $13 $12 $15 $10 1200
New York $11 $8 $25 $20 1375
Houston $4 $18 $10 $25 896
Georgia $8 $21 $12 $30 600
Kentucky $15 $6 $18 $20 459
Warehouse demand 1000 980 957 1593  

 

a) use the NORTH WEST CORNER RULE model, create a transportation schedule that ensures that the supplies meet the warehouses’ demands

b) determine the total transportation cost to the company in doing so.                           

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