Thursday, 16 February 2012


Transportation Problems
Assignment II  (Part – C)
Degeneracy Problems
Q1.      A manufacturer wants to ship 8 loads to his product as shown below. The matrix gives the kilometers from origin to the destination.



Origin

Destination
A
B
C
Supply
X
50
30
220
1
Y
90
45
170
3
Z
50
200
50
4
Demand
3
3
2
8
Shipping cost Rs. 10 per load per kilometer. What shipping schedule should be used?
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =385 x 10=3850
Q2.      A company has three factories F1, F2 and F3 which supply warehouses at W1, W2 & W3. Monthly factory capacities are 120 units, 80 units and 80 units respectively. Monthly warehouse requirement are 150 units, 80 and 50 units respectively. Unit transportation Costs (in Rs.) are as follow: 

W1
W2
W3
Supply
F1
8
8
15
120
F2
15
10
17
80
F3
3
9
10
80
Demand
150
80
50
280
Determine the optimal distribution for this company to minimize transportation cost.(Apply NWCM & then test its optimality by applying MODI)
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =2350
Q3.      At the beginning of a sowing season, there will be surplus of 6, 9, 7 and 5 tractors in four villages A, B, C and D while three other villages X,Y and Z will require 8,7 and 12 tractors respectively for faring purposes. The cost of moving tractors is directly proportional to the distance between the surplus and deficit villages, and these distances are given in the table

Surplus
Villages
Deficit Villages


X
Y
Z
Supply
A
26
22
28
120
B
19
27
16
80
C
39
21
32
80
D
18
24
23

Demand
150
80
50
280
Determine the optimal scheme for delivery of tractors from surplus villages to deficit villages.
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =543

Q4.      Goods have to be transported from sources S1, S2 and S3 to destination D1,D2 and  D3. The transportation cost per unit, capacities of the sources and the requirements of the destination are given in the following table (APPLY NWCM AND MODI)

D1
D2
D3
Supply
S1
8
5
6
120
S2
15
10
12
80
S3
3
9
10
80
Demand
150
80
50
280
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =1900
Q5.      Obtain an optimal solution of transportation problem 

D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
Supply
P1
9
12
9
6
9
10
5
P2
7
3
7
7
5
5
6
P3
6
5
9
12
3
11
2
P3
6
8
11
2
2
10
9
Demand
4
4
6
2
4
2
22
Determine optimal allocation of output.
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =112
Q6.      Obtain an optimal solution of transportation problem 

D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
Supply
P1
5
3
7
3
8
5
3
P2
5
6
12
5
7
11
4
P3
2
1
3
4
8
2
2
P3
9
6
10
5
10
9
8
Demand
3
3
6
2
1
2
17
Determine optimal allocation of output.
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =103
Q7.      A steel Company has three open health furnaces and five rolling mills. Transportation cost for shipping steel from furnaces to rolling mills are shown in the following Table. What is the optimal shipping schedule?

M1
M2
M3
M4
M5
Supply
F1
4
2
3
2
6
8
F2
5
4
5
2
1
12
F3
6
5
4
7
3
14
Demand
4
4
6
8
8

Q6.      National Oil Company has three refineries and 4 depots. Transportation Costs per ton & Requirement are given below

D1
D2
D3
D4
Supply
P1
5
7
13
10
700
P2
8
6
14
13
600
P3
12
10
9
11
800
Demand
300
600
700
400

Determine optimal allocation of output.
Answer: Total Optimal Cost for transportation =15,400

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