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The document presents a transportation matrix showing the shipping costs between various factories and distribution centers. The objective is to calculate the optimal allocation of shipments from factories to distribution centers to minimize total shipping costs. The total shipping cost if each factory ships its inventory to the closest distribution centers is $84,525.

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The document presents a transportation matrix showing the shipping costs between various factories and distribution centers. The objective is to calculate the optimal allocation of shipments from factories to distribution centers to minimize total shipping costs. The total shipping cost if each factory ships its inventory to the closest distribution centers is $84,525.

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Distribution Center TRANSPORTATION MATRIX

Shipping Cost/Unit Delhi Nagpur Coimbatore Vizag Inventory


Factory Chennai $ 25.00 $ 15.00 $ 32.00 $ 16.00 1000
Bangalore $ 16.00 $ 22.00 $ 18.00 $ 24.00 1250 given is the shipping cost between ea
Kokata $ 29.00 $ 17.00 $ 12.00 $ 26.00 3250 Factory location: Chennai, Bangalore
Mumbai $ 35.00 $ 24.00 $ 15.00 $ 29.00 500 Distribution Center location: Delhi, N
Units Demanded 1250 975 3250 525 6000

Distribution Center
Units Shipped Delhi Nagpur Coimbatore Vizag Units
Optimality
Shippedis calculated in terms of shipping cost.
Factory Chennai 0 475 0 525 1000
Bangalore 1250 0 0 0 1250
Kokata 0 500 2750 0 3250
Mumbai 0 0 500 0 500
Units Received 1250 975 3250 525 6000

TOTAL SHIPPING COST: $ 84,525.00


OBJECTIVE C11 to G14 Decision variables that wi
Total shipping cost = Sales of all th

Shipping Cost/Unit Delhi Nagpur Coimbatore Vizag


Chennai $ 25.00 $ 15.00 $ 32.00 $ 16.00
Bangalore $ 16.00 $ 22.00 $ 18.00 $ 24.00
Kokata $ 29.00 $ 17.00 $ 12.00 $ 26.00
Mumbai $ 35.00 $ 24.00 $ 15.00 $ 29.00
RTATION MATRIX

e shipping cost between each factory and distribution center


cation: Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai
on Center location: Delhi, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Vizag

ms of shipping cost.

4 Decision variables that will be changed in order to evaluate or calculate the total shipping cost
pping cost = Sales of all the units shipped or sold from each fatory to distribution center multiplies by the respecive cost.

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