- Conduct the transportation simplex method. - Familiarize yourself with the various starting conditions of the transportation simplex method. Consider the following transportation table: 1. Find an initial feasible solution using the northwest corner rule. - Hint: The table must be balanced before you can proceed. 2. Solve this problem using the transportation simplex method outlined in class. - Report the optimal solution (BVs and their values) and the objective function value. Consider the following transportation table: 1. Find an initial feasible solution using Vogel's Method - Again, the table must be balanced before you can proceed. 2. Verify this solution is optimal. - When done, upload the following: - The initial solution resulted from the Northwest Corner Rule. - Each iteration of the transportation simplex method. - Clearly indicate the basic variables and their values, the reduced costs computed at each step (cijuivj), and the current objective function value. - The initial solution resulted from Vogel's Method