Operations Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9780078024108
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 17P
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To determine: Minimum cost using transportation method.
Introduction: Aggregate planning using transportation method helps to attain minimum cost using the optimal plan. The major advantage of transportation method is to achieve the optimal solution using optimal plans.
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table and solve for the minimum-cost plan:
Demand
Capacity
Regular
Overtime
Subcontract
Beginning inventory
Costs
Regular time
Overtime
Subcontract
Inventory carrying cost
Back-order cost
PERIOD
1
2
3
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500
500
50
50
50
120
120
100
100
$60 per unit
$80 per unit
$90 per unit
$1 per unit per month.
$3 per unit per month
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Chapter 11 Solutions
Operations Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
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