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 number of units shipped from Chattanooga to Newark is ______.

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Question 41

-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 Shreveport is ______.

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Question 42

A condition that occurs when the solution to a transportation problem has occupied routes(cells)that are less than (number of origins + the number of destinations -1)is called ______.

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Question 43

______ refers to a problem in which the total number of supply units available is greater than the demand requirements,or vice versa.

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Question 44

Which of the following is true about the northwest corner rule?

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Question 45

-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 Saginaw is ______.

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Question 46

Which of the following is an iterative process that will enable us to move from an initial feasible solution to finding an optimal solution to the transportation problem?

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Question 47

-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 48

If,in a transportation problem,the total number of units demanded is equal to the total number of supply units available,the transportation problem is then described as ______.

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Question 49

-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 Norfolk is ______.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 50

The matrix least cost method to solve transportation problems has several advantages.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

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Question 51

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,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 costs for production and shipping from Kolkata to Naples is ______.

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Question 52

Which of the following methods involves first allocating shipping units to the northwest (top left-hand)corner of the transportation matrix and then proceeding systematically by making allocations of shipping units to cells along either a row or column until the bottom right-hand corner of the matrix is reached?

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Question 53

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,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 number of units shipped from Tokyo to Naples is ______.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 54

______ refers to a fictitious supply source created to arrive at a balanced transportation problem (i.e.,total demand = total supply).

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Question 55

Consider the transportation matrix that follows.The transportation problem can be labeled as a(n)______ transportation problem.

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Question 56

We can use the matrix least cost method to solve transportation problems.In this method,an initial feasible solution to the transportation problem is obtained by ______.

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Question 57

Which of the following statements is FALSE about the stepping stone method?

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Question 58

-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 all markets is approximately ______.

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Question 59

-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 60

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A condition that occurs when the solution to a transportation problem has occupied routes(cells)that are less than (number of origins + the number of destinations -1)is called ______.

______ refers to a problem in which the total number of supply units available is greater than the demand requirements,or vice versa.

Which of the following is true about the northwest corner rule?

Which of the following is an iterative process that will enable us to move from an initial feasible solution to finding an optimal solution to the transportation problem?

If,in a transportation problem,the total number of units demanded is equal to the total number of supply units available,the transportation problem is then described as ______.

The matrix least cost method to solve transportation problems has several advantages.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

______ refers to a fictitious supply source created to arrive at a balanced transportation problem (i.e.,total demand = total supply).

Consider the transportation matrix that follows.The transportation problem can be labeled as a(n)______ transportation problem.

We can use the matrix least cost method to solve transportation problems.In this method,an initial feasible solution to the transportation problem is obtained by ______.

Which of the following statements is FALSE about the stepping stone method?

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