Assignment:
Warehouse
| TO FROM |
A |
B |
C |
D |
SUPPLY |
| 1 |
18 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
40 |
| 2 |
23 |
24 |
27 |
33 |
80 |
| 3 |
42 |
34 |
31 |
26 |
130 |
| DEMAND |
90 |
80 |
30 |
50 |
|
(a) Derive an initial solution using:
(i) Minimum cell cost method
(ii) Vogel's approximation method (VAM)
(b) Draw a well annotated source-destination chart to illustrate this LP problem
(c) Using systematic nomenclature for the variables, write out an LP formulation for the problem in preparation for applying computer software like 'solver'.