Question: Problem Description: Part I: Solve the transportation problem for the information provided and find the minimum cost of transportation. Identify which warehouse has excess capacity

Problem Description: Part I: Solve the transportation problem for the information provided and find the minimum cost of transportation. Identify which warehouse has excess capacity or which store has unmet demand.Part II: Include the following additional constraints and the compute the incremental cost of each additional constraint. (a) All the supply from Warehouse A MUST be shipped. (b) At least 10000 units must be shipped from Warehouse B to Store 3.

Per unit transportation cost
Ware house Store
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A 2.66 4.90 4.02 3.77 4.80 3.46 2.12 2.62 4.43 4.33
B 5.31 4.39 4.92 5.58 3.27 5.93 6.42 4.84 5.29 3.37
C 2.88 6.41 3.73 5.92 3.56 6.76 5.80 4.74 2.53 6.86
Store 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Demand 50000 20000 30000 70000 60000 30000 20000 30000 40000 55000
Ware House A B C
Supply 250000 125000 75000
Answer to Part I
Answer to Part II(a)
Answer to Part II(b)
Problem Description: Part I: Solve the
A B C D H I J K L M N O P Q R Ware house Problem Description | E Per unit transportation cost Store 4 5 6 3.77 4 .80 3.46 5.58 3.27 5 .93 5.92 3.56 | 6.76 1 2.66 5.31 2.88 4 2 4.90 4.39 6.41 3 4.02 4.92 3.73 7 2.12 6.42 5.80 8 2.62 .84 4.74 9 4.43 5.29 2.53 10 .33 3.37 .86 4 B C 6 6 Part I: Solve the transportation problem for the information provided and find the minimum cost of transportation. Identify which warehouse has excess capacity or which store has unmet demand. Store Demand 1 50000 2 20000 3 30000 4 70000 5 60000 6 30000 7 20000 8 30000 9 40000 10 55000 Part II: Include the following additional constraints and the compute the incremental cost of each additional constraint. (a) All the supply from Warehouse A MUST be shipped. (b) At least 10000 units must be shipped from Warehouse B to Store 3. Ware A House Supply | 250000 125000 75000 Answer to Parti

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