Tupperware Brands Corporation has 1200 units of microwaveable bowls in stock at northern factory and southern factory, respectively. The corporation received order of this product from three different retailers I, II and III in quantities of 1000, 700 and 500 units, respectively. The unit shipping costs (in rupees per unit) from the factories to the retailers are as follows: Factory northern (1) Southern (2) and the output is given as follows: I 14 13 Model Variable Value x11 Value x12 Value x13 Value x21 Value x22 Value x23 Retailer II 11 13 Units 0 700 300 1000 0 200 III 13 12 (a) Draw a network model to illustrate the above problem. (b) Formulate a linear programming model for the problem. [NOTE: Please use x, where i=1,2,..., n -Factory and j=1,2,...,m -Retailer to represent your decision variables.]
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- Oranges are grown, picked, and then processed and pack-aged at distribution centers in Tampa, Miami, and Fresno. These centers supply oranges to markets in New York,Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston. The following tableshows the shipping costs per truckload ($100s), supply,and demand: Because of an agreement between distributors, ship-ments are prohibited from Miami to Chicago. Solve this problem. to Newfrom York Philadelphia Chicago Boston SupplyTampa $ 9 $14 $12 $17 300Miami 11 10 6 10 200Fresno 12 8 15 7 250Demand 160 210 130 180A Company has 3 production facilities S1, S2 and S3 with production capacity of 7, 9 and 18 units (in 100's) per week of a product, respectively. These units are tobe shipped to 4 warehouses D1, D2, D3 and D4 with requirement of 5,6,7 and 14 units (in 100's) per week, respectively. The transportation costs (in rupees) per unit between factories to warehouses are given in the table below. D1 D2 D3 D4 Capacity S1 19 30 50 10 7 S2 70 30 40 60 9 S3 40 8 70 20 18 Demand 5 8 7 14 34 Find initial basic feasible solution for given problem by usingcolumn minima methodif the object is to minimize the total transportation cost.A product is produced by four factories F1, F2, F3, and F4. Their production capacities are: F1:47 units, F2:67 units, F3:27 units and F4:57 units. These factories supply the product to four stores, demand of which is 22, 32, 102, and 17 units respectively. Unit transportation cost in dollars from each factory to each store is given in the following table. Determine the extent of deliveries from each of the factories to each of the stores so that the total production and transportation cost is minimum. Factories Stores Supply S1 S2 S3 S4 F1 4 6 8 13 47 F2 14 12 10 8 67 F3 11 1 7 10 27 F4 10 12 14 9 57 Demand 22 32 102 17
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