Take Home Exam 3: Transportation Method

1. Ravlam Nalor Manufacturing Company must ship its products from three
factories to three warehouses. The weekly productions of the factories A, B, C
are 120, 75, and 55, respectively. The weekly requirements of the warehouses
X, Y, and Z are 100, 90, and 60, respectively. The shipping cost (in Php1,000)
from each factory to the warehouse is given below
X

90

130

70

40

60

80

60

50

100

Determine the initial basic feasible solution using the following methods:
a. Northwest-corner rule
b. Minimum Cost Method
c. Vogels Approximation Method
2. Given the transportation table below.

To
From

B
7

C
6

Supply
2

80
4

120
6

3
Demand

50
80

100

70

375

Determine the initial basic feasible solution using the following methods:
a. Northwest-corner rule
b. Minimum Cost Method
c. Vogels Approximation Method

3. Using the given in item #1 and Northwest-corner rule

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a. Determine an optimal solution using Stepping Stone Method.

b. Determine an optimal solution using MODI.
4. Using the given in item #2 and Northwest-corner rule
a. Determine an optimal solution using Stepping Stone Method.
b. Determine an optimal solution using MODI.

Take Home Exam 4: Assignment Problem

1. An analyst kept track of the number of defectives produced by five (5) workers on five (5)
different machines. The results are shown for a run of 400 units per machine.
Machine
Workers

Rolan

37

26

33

22

45

Oscar

25

22

39

34

24

Willy

31

35

26

28

36

Andrew

42

18

28

40

23

Francis

29

19

38

27

42

A. Determine an optimal assignment that will minimize the total number of errors.
B. What is the total minimum number of defectives expected for the optimal assignment?
2. An Accounting Manager has five (5) accountants to be assigned to four (4) different
auditing firms. Each accountant has different cost of each job (in Php10,000), which appears
in the following table. The accountant who will not be assigned to any firm will be assigned
as an accounting clerk in the back office.
Accountant

Firm
F1

F2

F3

F4

A1

31

30

34

33

A2

30

30

32

24

A3

25

23

22

25

A4

27

29

30

26

A5

23

21

20

29

A. Determine the best allocation of accountants to various firms so as to minimize cost.

B. What is the expected minimum cost?

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3. The table shows projected profits (in Php10,000) for all possible combinations of five sales
agents and target sales location. Suppose Regine does not want to be assigned in
Mandaluyong.
Sales Agent

Sales Location
Quezon City

Pateros

Manila

Taguig

Mandaluyong

Patrick

31

30

25

27

23

Edcon

30

30

23

29

21

Regine

35

28

27

36

Rhea

34

32

22

30

20

Lincoln

33

24

25

26

29

A. Determine the optimum assignment that will maximize the companys profit.
B. What is the maximum projected profit?

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