Minimize functions for total transportation costs

Determine the placement of departments for a newly designed facility that will minimize total transportation costs using the data in the attached tables. Assume that the reverse distances are the same. The locations are shown in the attached grid. Use a total cost of $1.00. Suppose the company has revised its plans for th

An appliance manufacturer has a plant near Toronto that receives small electric motors from a manufacturer located in Winnipeg. The demand for motors is 120,000 units per year. The cost of each motor is $120. The motors are purchased in lots of 3,000 units. The supplier has these motors in stock and usually ships them the next d

Transportation Model. The following table shows the number of planeloads of supplies available each day from each of six supply depots and the number of daily loads demanded at each of five stores. (Each planeload is approximately equal in tonnage.) Also included in the table are the transport hours per plane (where transport ho

We have to assign transportation from eight warehouses to eight retail stores. Demands, costs and capacities are listed below. Solve the problem and report your transportation assignments, including the total transportation cost. Show all your work. Store 1 2 3 4 5 6

What are the effects of transportation costs on trade? What would happen if transportation costs were absent?

Suppose one's supervisor asks one to use the transportation method to rearrange the desks of everyone in the office. How would one do it? What other factors are important but will not be considered in the solution of the transportation table?

For speeds between 40 and 65 mph, a truck gets 480/x miles per gallon when driven at a constant speed of x miles per hour. Diesel gasoline costs 2.23 per gallon, and the driver is paid 15.10 per hour. What is the most economical constant speed between 40 and 65 miles per hour at which to drive the truck.

Three quarries produce lime which is then shipped to five warehouses Quarry Tons Lime 1 200 2 100 3 150 Transport Costs (per ton) Quarry 1 2 3 4 5 1 $5 $1 $6 $3 $1 2 $2 $3 $4 $5 $4 3 $4 $2 $3 $2 $3 Demand 80 90 100 70 60 (tons)

1. Define the decision variables and determine the objective function for the following problem. Consider the following transportation problem: To (cost) From 1 2 3 Supply _____________________________________________ A