FOR
MANAGERS
TRANSPORTATION MODEL
, Learning Objectives
When you complete this chapter, you should
be able
• to identify or define:
– Transportation modelling
• to explain or use:
– Northwest-corner method
– Least Cost method
– Vogel’s Approximation method
– Stepping-stone method
, Outline
• Transportation Modelling
• Developing an Initial Solution
– The Northwest-Corner Method
– The Least-Cost Method
– The Vogel’s Approximation Method
• The Stepping-Stone Method
• Special issues in modelling
- Demand Not Equal to Supply