Operations Management
Operations Management
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Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: Unbalanced transportation model and the way to balance the 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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Exercise of Transportation Problem Q1: Metro Water Company (Distributing natural resource) Metro Water District is an agency that administers water distribution in a large geographic region. The region is arid, so water must be brought in from outsid e the region. There are three sources of imported water, which are Colombo River, Sa cron River, and Calorie River. Four cities is in need of water, which are city Berdoo, L OS Devils, San Go, and Hollyglass. The cost for taking water from each river and s ending water to each city is different, shown in the following table. Metro Water Comp any wants to minimize the total cost when distributing the needed water. How mục h water should Metro take from each river, and how much should they send from each river to each city Cost per Acre Foot Berdoo Los Devils San Go Hollyglass Available Colombo River $160 $130 $220 $170 5 Sacron River 140 130 190 150 6 Calorie River 190 200 230 5 - Needed 4 1.5 (million acre feet)
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