Question: Please using Stepped stone method not the excel. PleaseThank you If it helps I will LIKE THIS ANSWER Q2) Suppose the U.S. pharmaceutical company has

Please using Stepped stone method not the excel. PleaseThank you If it helps I will LIKE THIS ANSWER

Q2) Suppose the U.S. pharmaceutical company has 3 factories supplying the warehouses for 3 major consumers and its management wants to determine the minimum-cost shipping schedule for its monthly output to these customers. Factory supply, warehouse demand, and shipping costs per case for these drugs are shown in following table.

Data for U.S. pharmaceutical transportation problem

Factory

Supply

warehouse

demand

Indianapolis

50

Columbus

40

Phoenix

30

St. Louis

60

New York

75

Denver

55

Shipping costs per case (in dollars)

From To

Columbus

St. Louis

Denver

Indianapolis

30

30

5

Phoenix

10

10

10

New York

20

10

35

Please indicate the optimum low-cost transportation plan for the U.S. pharmaceutical company

  1. By using northwest corner method and then stepping stone approach. Show details of your calculation, show all the possibilities, and calculate total cost for each step.

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