Question: Bindley Corporation has a one - year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd . Rinso manufactures the washers at

Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd. Rinso manufactures the washers at four locations around the country: New York City, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. Plans call for the following numbers of washing machines to be produced at each location:
New York City 85,000
Fort Worth 60,000
San Diego 80,000
Minneapolis 95,000
Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are
Boulder 135,000
Macon 120,000
Gary 90,000
Due to varying production and transportation costs, the profit Bindley earns on each 1,000 units depends on where they were produced and where they were shipped. The following table gives the accounting department estimates of the dollar profit per unit. (Shipment will be made in lots of 1,000.)
SHIPPED TO
PRODUCED AT NEW YORK CITY FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO MINNEAPOLIS
Boulder 13161522
Macon 32201913
Gary 11252511
Given profit maximization as a criterion, Bindley would like to determine how many motors should be produced at each plant and how many motors should be shipped from each plant to each destination
a. Develop a transportation grid for this problem.

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