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Transportation Method of Linear Programming

This document summarizes a linear programming problem faced by an Indian pharmaceutical company to determine the minimum cost shipping schedule for its monthly output to customers. The problem involves transporting products from multiple factory sources to various warehouse destinations, with the objective of minimizing total shipping costs. A transportation matrix shows the factory supplies, warehouse demands, and shipping costs between locations. The optimal solution identifies the lowest cost allocation of shipments from each factory to each warehouse.

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Transportation Method of Linear Programming

This document summarizes a linear programming problem faced by an Indian pharmaceutical company to determine the minimum cost shipping schedule for its monthly output to customers. The problem involves transporting products from multiple factory sources to various warehouse destinations, with the objective of minimizing total shipping costs. A transportation matrix shows the factory supplies, warehouse demands, and shipping costs between locations. The optimal solution identifies the lowest cost allocation of shipments from each factory to each warehouse.

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TRANSPORTATION METHOD

OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING
It Used To Solve Problems Involving Transporting Products From
Several Sources To Several Destinations.
Common objectives of such problems are,

Minimize the cost shipping n units to m destinations

Maximize the profit of shipping n units to m destinations


Indian pharmaceutical company
DETERMINE THE MINIMUM- COST SHIPPING
SCHEDULE FOR ITS MONTHLY OUTPUT TO THE
CUSTOMERS
Factory Supply Warehouse Demand

Lucknow 15 Delhi 10

Pune 6 Chennai 12

Amritsar 14 Kolkata 15

Coimbatore 11 Mumbai 9
Shipping Costs Per Case in Rupees
From To Delhi To Chennai To Kolkata To Mumbai

Lucknow 25 35 36 60

Pune 55 30 25 25

Amritsar 40 50 80 90

Coimbatore 30 40 66 75
Solution: Transportation Matrix
From To Delhi To Chennai To Kolkata To Mumbai Factory
supply

Lucknow 25 35 36 60 15

Pune 55 30 25 25 6

Amritsar 40 50 80 90 14

Coimbatore 30 40 66 75 11
Destination 10 12 15 9
Requirements
From To Delhi To Chennai To Kolkata To Mumbai Total
Shipped
(supply)
Lucknow 0 0 15 0 15

Pune 0 0 0 6 6

Amritsar 10 4 0 0 14

Coimbatore 0 8 0 3 11

Total Supplied 10 12 15 9
(Demand)
Cost Calculation:
Total Cost: 1835.00
Lucknow 0 0 540 0

Pune 0 0 0 150

Amritsar 400 200 0 0

Coimbatore 0 300 0 225

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