Exam 25: The Transportation Models

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the cost of shipping from Knoxville to all markets is approximately ______.

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-Refer to the data given in the table for Acme Widgets,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the shipment of widgets from Riverside to Huntsville is ______.

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-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

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-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

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Question 4

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the cost of shipping from Lowell to Mobile is approximately ______.

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Question 5

The ______ is a special case of linear programming problems in which the objective is to minimize the total cost of transporting goods from the various supply origins to the different demand destinations.

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Question 6

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the number of units shipped from Downey to Shreveport is ______.

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Question 7

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

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Question 8

-Refer to the data given in the table for Acme Widgets,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the shipment from Montgomery to Huntsville is ______.

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Question 9

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the total cost of shipping from all plants to Newark is ______.

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Question 10

To find the optimal solution using the stepping stone method,first select a(n)______ in the initial basic feasible solution to be evaluated.

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Question 11

-Refer to the data given in the table for Acme Widgets,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the total transportation costs are ______.

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Question 12

A transportation problem in which the total number of supply units available is greater than the demand requirements or vice versa is called ______.

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Question 13

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the cost of shipping from Chattanooga to Newark is approximately ______.

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Question 14

XYZ has three supply chain locations with respective production capacities of an electronic component (Denver,Milwaukee,and Columbia)and three demand locations with their respective demand requirements for that electronic component.The demand requirements,production capacities,and the per-unit transportation costs are tabled in the transportation matrix shown here.Determine the initial shipping cost using the northwest corner rule.

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Question 15

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

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Question 16

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the highest shipping costs are from ______.

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Question 17

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the number of units shipped from Downey to Saginaw is ______.

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Question 18

In the stepping stone method,when the value is obtained by summing up the unit costs in the cells with a plus sign,and then from the resulting total,subtracting the sum obtained by adding the unit costs in cells containing a minus sign,it is called ______.

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Question 19

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the number of units shipped from Lowell to Richmond is ______.

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The ______ is a special case of linear programming problems in which the objective is to minimize the total cost of transporting goods from the various supply origins to the different demand destinations.

To find the optimal solution using the stepping stone method,first select a(n)______ in the initial basic feasible solution to be evaluated.

A transportation problem in which the total number of supply units available is greater than the demand requirements or vice versa is called ______.

In the stepping stone method,when the value is obtained by summing up the unit costs in the cells with a plus sign,and then from the resulting total,subtracting the sum obtained by adding the unit costs in cells containing a minus sign,it is called ______.

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