Transportation problems:

Ex 1: A company imports goods at two ports: Philadelphia and New Orleans. Shipments
of one of its products are made to customers in Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and oston.
!or the ne"t planning period, the supplies at each port, customer demands, and the
shipping costs per case form each port to each customer are as follows:
Port Atlanta Dallas Columbus oston Port supply
Philadelphia # $ $ # %&&&
New Orleans ' # % ( )&&&
Demand '*&& )#&& #&&& '*&&
a. !ind an initial solution using +A, method
b. -hat is the transportation cost.
c. -hat is the shipment plan.
Ex. 2: A product is produced at three plants and shipped to three warehouses. /he
transportation costs, supplies and demands are shown below.
Plant -' -# -)
P' #& '$ #*
P# '& '& 0
P) '# '0 '&
Plant capacity:
P' )&&
P# %&&
P) '&&
-arehouse demand:
-' #&&
-# *&&
-) )&&
a. !ind an initial solution using +A, method
b. -hat is the transportation cost.
c. -hat is the shipment plan.