Consider the following transportation problem in our context

To



From



Store 1



Store 2



Store 3



Supply

Warehouse A

12

20

15

50

Warehouse B

9

11

4

15

Warehouse C

20

14

8

55

Demand

25

50

45

120

a) Develop an initial feasible solution using the north-west corner and least cost methods.
b) Compute the total transportation cost for each initial feasible solution.
c) Find the optimal solution.
d) What is the total cost for at optimal solution?
e) What is its application of this transportation problem in our context?