1. Explain the difference between transportation problem and assignment problem ( 5 marks)
2. Country manager Dr. David Chemirmir has a problem of assigning his medical representatives to sales territories. He has 6 medical representatives to allocate the six territories. To efficiently assign them, Dr. Chemirmir has to consider skills, experience, seniority and attitude of each of the medical representatives in relation to each territory. The sales manager has evaluated the 4 factors using an appropriate survey and has obtained, for each medical representative, a table showing the total score e.g Ki +Ei +Si+Ai = Ti

Where

i= the medical representative

Ki = score for skill

Ei = score for experience

Si= score for seniority

Ai = score for attitude

Ti= score by each rep to handle each territory

Each territory can be handled by only one rep.

The scores of the six reps are recorded in the rating table bellow

REPS	Nyanza	Western	Central	Coast	Eastern	Rift Valley
Godrick	15	35	0	25	10	45
Buluma	40	5	45	20	15	20
Okubasu	25	60	10	65	25	10
Kemboi	25	20	35	10	25	60
Gabriel	30	70	40	5	40	50
Okoth	10	25	30	40	50	15

Required

Suggest to Dr. Chemirmir on how he should assign the medical representative so as to get the most efficient results and explain clearly the steps you have followed to get the answer (10 marks)

c) Discuss the unique characteristics of assignment model (5 marks)