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Chapter 6

1. Consider the following transportation problem:

From

To (Cost)

Supply

1

2

3

A

6

5

5

150

B

11

8

9

85

C

4

10

7

125

Demand

70

100

80

 

 Formulate this problem as a linear programming model and solve it by the using the computer.

2. Consider the following transportation problem:

From

To (Cost)

Supply

1

2

3

A

8

14

8

120

B

6

17

7

80

C

9

24

10

150

Demand

110

140

100

 

 Solve it by using the computer.

3. World foods, Inc. imports food products such as meats, cheeses, and pastries to the United States from warehouses at ports in Hamburg, Marseilles and Liverpool. Ships from these ports deliver the products to Norfolk, New York and Savannah, where they are stored in company warehouses before being shipped to distribution centers in Dallas, St. Louis and Chicago. The products are then distributed to specialty foods stores and sold through catalogs. The shipping costs ($/1,000 lb.) from the European ports to the U.S. cities and the available supplies (1000 lb.) at the European ports are provided in the following table:

From

To (Cost)

Supply

 

4. Norfolk

 

 

5. New York

 

 

6. Savannah

 

 

1. Hamburg

 

320

280

555

75

 

2. Marseilles

 

410

470

365

85

 

3. Liverpool

 

550

355

525

40

The transportation costs ($/1000 lb.) from each U.S. city of the three distribution centers and the demands (1000 lb.) at the distribution centers are as follows: Warehouse

Distribution Center

 

 

7. Dallas

 

 

8. St. Louis

 

 

9. Chicago

 

 

 

4. Norfolk

 

80

78

85

 

 

5. New York

 

100

120

95

 

 

6. Savannah

 

65

75

90

 

Demand

85

70

65

 

Determine the optimal shipments between the European ports and the warehouses and the distribution centers to minimize total transportation costs.

4. The Omega Pharmaceutical firm has five salespersons, whom the firm wants to assign to five sales regions. Given their various previous contacts, the sales persons are able to cover the regions in different amounts of time. The amount of time (days) required by each salesperson to cover each city is shown in the following table:

Salesperson

Region (days)

A

B

C

D

E

1

20

10

12

10

22

2

14

10

18

11

15

3

12

13

19

11

14

4

16

12

14

22

16

5

12

15

19

26

23

Which salesperson should be assigned to each region to minimize total time? Identify the optimal assignments and compute total minimum time.

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MAT540 Week 10 Homework complete solutions correct answers key Chapter 6 1. Consider the following transportation problem: From To (Cost) Supply 1 2 3 A 6 5 5 150 B 11 8 9 85 C 4 10 7 125 Demand 70 100 80 Formulate this problem as a linear programming model and solve it by the using the computer. 2. Consider the following transportation problem: From To (Cost) Supply 1 2 3 A 8 14 8 120 B 6 17 7 80 C 9 24 10 150 Demand 110 140 100 Solve it by using the computer. 3. World foods, Inc. imports food products such as meats, cheeses, and pastries to the United State...
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