A Transportation Example
The Zephyr Television Company ships televisions from three warehouses to three retail stores on
month, and each store has a fixed demand per month. The manufacturer wants to know the num
each store in order to minimize the total cost of transportation.
Each warehouse has the following supply of televisions available for shipment each month:
Warehouse Supply (sets)
Cincinati (1) 300
Atlanta (2) 200
Pittsburg (3) 200
700
Each retail store has the following monthly demand for television sets:
Store Demands (sets)
New York (A) 150
Dallas (B) 250
Detroit ( C) 200
600
Costs of transporting television sets from the warehouses to the retail stores vary as a result of d
The shipping cost per television set for each route is as follows:
From Warehouse To Store
A B C
1 $ 16.00 $ 18.00 $ 11.00
2 $ 14.00 $ 12.00 $ 13.00
3 $ 13.00 $ 15.00 $ 17.00
Decision Variables
No. of TV transported from Warehouse to Store
New York (A) Dallas (B) Detroit ( C)
Cincinati (1) 0 0 200
Atlanta (2) 0 200 0
Pittsburg (3) 150 50 0
Constraints
TV sets from Cincinati 200 300
TV sets from Atlanta 200 200
TV sets from Pittsburg 200 200
TV sets Demands at New York 150 150
TV sets Demands at Dallas 250 250
TV sets Demands at Detroit 200 200
Objective Functions
Minimize Cost Z $ 7,300.00
ree retail stores on a monthly basis. Each warehouse has a fixed supply per
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