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Ch 6: Transportation. I. Formulation II. Northwest Corner III. Production Smoothing. Formulation. Application: Decision about how many units to ship from factory to warehouse, given several factories and several warehouses
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Ch 6: Transportation • I. Formulation • II. Northwest Corner • III. Production Smoothing
Formulation • Application: Decision about how many units to ship from factory to warehouse, given several factories and several warehouses • If planning new factory or new warehouse, can be used to decide location (ex: Pennsylvania Rite Aid built warehouse at Palmdale)
Linear Programming • Objective: MINIMIZE transportation cost • Constraints: Supply, demand • Supply: Factory capacity • Demand: Warehouse requirement
Example • Three warehouses: Albuq, Boston, Cleve • Three factories: Des Moines,Evansville, Ft Lauderdale Next slide: Data given
Northwest Corner • Start at northwest corner • Number of units = MIN (supply,demand) • Ex: Row D,Col A: MIN(100,300)=100 • After allocation, subtract units
MIN Cost • Would need unit cost between factory and warehouse • Use Excel to minimize cost • Northwest Corner is initial allocation
Production Smoothing • Factory replaced by production period • Warehouse repl by demand period