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Operations Management
William J. Stevenson
8th edition
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McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Operations Management, Eighth Edition, by William J. Stevenson Copyright 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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List of origins and each ones capacity List of destinations and each ones demand Unit cost of shipping
Note: The DVD that accompanies this book contains a module that provides detailed instruction on the transportation model
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Items to be shipped are homogeneous Shipping cost per unit is the same Only one route between origin and destination
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D (demand)
D (demand)
S (supply)
D (demand)
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A Transportation Table
B 4 7 Warehouse C 7 D 1 100 12 3 8 8 200 8 10 16 5 Total supply 450 capacity per 450 period Total demand per period 150 Factory 1 can supply 100 units per period
Table 8S.1
A Factory 1
Demand
80
90
120
160
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Special Problems
Unequal supply and demand Dummy: Imaginary number added equal to the difference between supply and demand when these are unequal Degeneracy: The condition of too few completed cells to allow all necessary paths to be constructed
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Summary of Procedure
Make certain that supply and demand are equal Develop an initial solution using intuitive, low-cost approach Check that completed cells = R+C-1 Evaluate each empty cell Repeat until all cells are zero or positive
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Excel Template
Figure 8S.2
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CHAPTER
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ANALYSES
Transportation Model
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Center of Gravity
Determine the center of gravity for the destinations shown on the following map. Monthly shipments will be the quantities listed in the table. Destination Quantity D1 900 D2 D2 300 D5 D3 700 D4 D1 D4 600 D3 D5 800