The document describes a transportation problem to minimize total transportation cost. There are 4 factories and 4 markets, with given supply and demand capacities. The objective is to determine the optimal quantities of materials shipped from each factory to each market to meet demand at minimum cost.
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The document describes a transportation problem to minimize total transportation cost. There are 4 factories and 4 markets, with given supply and demand capacities. The objective is to determine the optimal quantities of materials shipped from each factory to each market to meet demand at minimum cost.
Factory 1 5 4 6 3 250 Objective: Minimise total transporattion cost Factory 2 7 8 8 1 300 Decision Variable: Quantity of material shipped from factory Factory 3 4 4 3 6 100 eg: Quantity of material shipped from factory 2 to market 3 Factory 4 8 7 6 8 200 Total decision variable : 4 factories X 4 Markets =16 Demand 200 200 200 200 Constraints: Total supply from factories are limited Total demand from markets is limited