Introduction to Management Science 12th Edition by Bernard Taylor

Exercise 13

Suntrek in Problem supplies its finished denim jeans to its customers' distribution centers in the United States in New York and New Orleans, and in Europe in Bristol and Marseilles. Denim jeans require 1.5 yards of denim fabric. Following are the contracted deliveries of jeans for each of Suntrek's customer's distribution centers, and the shipping and handling costs per jeans from the jeans factories to the distribution centers:
Determine the optimal shipments from each jeans factory to each distribution center and the optimal total shipping cost.
Suntrek in Problem 27 manufactures denim fabric at its factories in Shanghai, Karachi, and Saigon and ships it to its denim jeans manufacturing facilities in China, India, Japan, Turkey, and Italy. A bale of cotton will produce approximately 325 yards of denim fabric. Following are the fabric demand at each denim jeans plant and the shipping and handling costs per yard from the fabric manufacturing facilities to the jeans plants:
Determine the optimal shipments from each of the fabric plants to the denim jeans manufacturing facilities and the minimum total shipping cost.