Formal shirts are made in a fashion boutique in Chicago and sent to warehouses in three...

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Formal shirts are made in a fashion boutique in Chicago and sent to warehouses in three different cities - Albany NY, Omaha NE and San Francisco CA. These three warehouses supply three departmental stores, located in Manhattan NY, Miami FL and Los Angeles CA. Shorts are shipped to the warehouses in cartons. Each warehouse is able to the supply the following number of cartons to the departmental stores on a monthly basis, and each store requires the following: Warehouse Supply Albany, NY 145 Omaha, NE SFO, CA Albany, NY Omaha, NE 150 San Francisco, CA 250 Store 6.5 8 Manhattan The cost of transporting one carton from each warehouse to each store differs according to the distance and transport system. These costs are shown in the following table. 5 Miami LA Manhattan Miami 7.5 12 3 Demand 200 220 340 a. Is this a balanced problem? [Select] Los Angeles 11 8 9 The problem is to determine how many cartons of shirts should be transported from each warehouse to each store on a monthly basis in order to minimize the total cost of transportation. b. What is minimum transportation cost possible (optimal). [: [Select] c. Which location did not have their demand requirements met? [Select] d. If it is given that 135 cartons must be shipped from Omaha to Miami, what would be the new overall transportation cost? [ Select] Formal shirts are made in a fashion boutique in Chicago and sent to warehouses in three different cities - Albany NY, Omaha NE and San Francisco CA. These three warehouses supply three departmental stores, located in Manhattan NY, Miami FL and Los Angeles CA. Shorts are shipped to the warehouses in cartons. Each warehouse is able to the supply the following number of cartons to the departmental stores on a monthly basis, and each store requires the following: Warehouse Supply Albany, NY 145 Omaha, NE SFO, CA Albany, NY Omaha, NE 150 San Francisco, CA 250 Store 6.5 8 Manhattan The cost of transporting one carton from each warehouse to each store differs according to the distance and transport system. These costs are shown in the following table. 5 Miami LA Manhattan Miami 7.5 12 3 Demand 200 220 340 a. Is this a balanced problem? [Select] Los Angeles 11 8 9 The problem is to determine how many cartons of shirts should be transported from each warehouse to each store on a monthly basis in order to minimize the total cost of transportation. b. What is minimum transportation cost possible (optimal). [: [Select] c. Which location did not have their demand requirements met? [Select] d. If it is given that 135 cartons must be shipped from Omaha to Miami, what would be the new overall transportation cost? [ Select]

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This problem is a classic transportation problem which can be solved using operations research techniques specifically the transportation method of li... View the full answer