Thursday, 16 February 2012


Transportation Problems
Assignment II  (Part – A)
Q1.      Solve the following Transportation Problem by NWCM and test its optimality by Stepping Stone Method. The Shipping Costs are given in the table.


Plants
Projects

A
B
C
Supply
W
4
8
8
56
X
16
24
16
82
Y
8
16
24
77
Demand
72
102
41
215
Answer: WB=56, XB=41, XC=41, YA=72, YB=05. Total Cost= 2744

Q2.      Solve the following Transportation Problem whose cost matrix, availability at each plant & requirement at each warehouse are given.  Apply Stepping Stone Method for optimal solution The Shipping Costs are given in the table.

W1
W2
W3
W4
Supply
P1
15
24
11
12
5000
P2
25
20
14
16
4000
P3
12
12
22
13
7000
Demand
3000
2500
3500
4000
      16000
13000
Answer: P1W3=2500, P1W4=2500, P2W3=1000, P2W5=3000.P3W1=3000P3W2=2500P3W4=1500  Total Cost= 1,57,000

Q3.      Given below is a table. Solve it as transportation problems & test it optimality. Apply stepping stone method



Factories

Centers
C1
C2
C3
C4
Supply
A
10
8
7
12
500
B
12
13
6
10
500
C
8
10
12
14
900
Demand
700
550
450
300
     1900
2000

Answer: AC2=350, AC3=150, BC3=300, BC4=200, CC1=700, CC2=200, DC4=100 Total Cost= 15,250

Q4.      A cement factory manager is considering the least way transport cement from his three manufacturing centers P, Q & R to depots A, B, C, D & E. The weekly production and demands along with transportation costs are given below. Apply stepping stone method.


A
B
C
D
E
Supply
P
4
1
3
4
4
60
Q
2
3
2
2
3
35
R
3
5
2
4
4
40
Demand
22
45
20
18
30
135

Answer: PB=45, PE=15, QA=2, QD=18, QE=15, RA=20, RC=20, Total Cost =290


Q5.      Consider the following transportation problem and solve by applying VAM & test it optimality. Apply stepping stone method


X
Y
Z
Supply
A
4
3
2
10
B
5
6
1
8
C
6
4
3
5
D
3
5
4
6
Demand
7
12
5

Answer: Total Cost =66

Q6.      Given below is a table. Solve it as transportation problems & test it optimality. Apply VAM and stepping stone method



Factories

Centers
1
2
3

Supply
P
16
19
12

14
Q
22
13
19

16
R
14
28
8

12
Demand
10
15
17

     1900
2000

Answer: P1=9, P3=5, Q1=1, Q2=15, R3=12       Total Cost= 517
Q7.      Given below is a table. Solve it as transportation problems & test it optimality. Apply NWCM and stepping stone method

W1
W2
W3
W4
Supply
F1
21
16
25
13
11
F2
17
18
14
23
13
F3
32
27
18
41
19
Demand
6
10
12
15
43

Answer: F1W4=11, F2W1=6, F2W2=3, F2W4=4, F3W2=7, F3W3=12         Total Cost= 796

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