Question: Consider the data below Dest. 1 Dest. 2 Dest. 3 Dest. 4 Supply Origin 1 12 18 9 11 100 Origin 2 19 7 30

Consider the data below

Dest. 1 Dest. 2 Dest. 3 Dest. 4 Supply
Origin 1 12 18 9 11 100
Origin 2 19 7 30 15 55
Origin 3 8 10 14 16 150
Demand 60 100 85 60

(a) Calculate a solution using the northwest-corner rule. Calculate the cost of this solution. (5 points)

(b) Calculate the solution using intuitive lowest cost method. Calculate the cost of this solution. (5 points)

(c) Using the solution in (b), calculate improvement indices, iterate once. Can you achieve a better solution? (5 points)

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