Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
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Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter C, Problem 1DQ

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1. What are the three information needs of the transportation model?

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To determine: The information needs of the transportation model.

Introduction: The major objective of the transportation problem is to minimize the distributing cost of a product from a source to an origin. Transportation problem is one of the types of linear programming.

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The three informational needs of the transportation model are as follows:

  • The shipping cost to ship one unit from each origin to a destination
  • The origin points and supply points, per period, at each period
  • The destination points and demand points, per period, at each period.

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