Question: i. ii. Question Mark: 3 + 6 + 2+ 3+1 A pharmaceutical company wants to transport its one pharmaceutical product from a number of sources

i. ii. Question Mark: 3 + 6 + 2+ 3+1 A pharmaceutical company wants to transport its one pharmaceutical product from a number of sources to a number of destinations. The availability of the product at each of the sources and demand at each of the destinations along with cost per unit of transportation (in $) from each of the sources to each of the destinations are shown in a table below. iii. iv. V. BRAC Business School Subject Code: MSC301.1 (Production-Operations Management) Date: 28/11/2023 Total Marks: 15 To From G M T Demand BRAC UNIVERSITY N Inspiring Excellence 7 5 8 600 J 4 4 9 300 K 5 3 6 600 Availability 500 600 400 1 Find the initial feasible solution along with the total transportation cost by the North- West corner rule. 2 Using the initial feasible solution found by North-West Corner rule, find how many units should be transported from each source to each destination to minimize the total transportation cost by the Stepping-stone method. 3 Find the minimum total transportation cost of the solution found in ii. 4 Find the initial feasible solution along with the total transportation cost by the Vogel's Approximation Method. 5 check whether the solution is found in iv. the same as the found in ii.

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