Chapter 10 Supplement

Transportation and Transshipment Models

Operations Management - 5th Edition
Roberta Russell & Bernard W. Taylor, III

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Beni Asllani University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Lecture Outline
Transportation Model Transshipment Model

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Transportation Model
A transportation model is formulated for a class of problems with the following characteristics

a product is transported from a number of sources to a number of destinations at the minimum possible cost each source is able to supply a fixed number of units of product each destination has a fixed demand for product stepping-stone modified distribution Excels Solver

Solution Methods

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Transportation Method: Example

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Transportation Method: Example

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Problem Formulation Using Excel

Total Cost Formula

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Using Solver from Tools Menu

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Solution

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Modified Problem Solution

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Transshipment Model

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Transshipment Model: Solution

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