A business has three plants - in Boulder, Macon, and Gary. The capacities of these plants are
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A business has three plants - in Boulder, Macon, and Gary. The capacities of these plants are 20, 40, and 50 units respectively. These plants supply four demand locations: New York, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. The demands at these centers are 30, 30, 30 and 20 respectively.
Per unit transportation costs are shown below:
| New York | Fort Worth | San Diego | Minneapolis | |
| Boulder | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Macon | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Gary | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Using the transportation model, what is the minimum cost of transportation? |
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Operations and Supply Chain Management
ISBN: 978-0078024023
14th edition
Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, Richard Chase
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