Questions from General Operations Management

Q: For the following Gregory Bier Corp. data, find the starting

For the following Gregory Bier Corp. data, find the starting solution and initial cost using the northwest-corner method. What must you do to balance this problem?

Q: The following table presents cost, capacity, and demand data for

The following table presents cost, capacity, and demand data for a transportation problem in Jinfeng Yue’s furniture company. Set up the appropriate transportation table and find the...

Q: Consider the transportation table at right. Unit costs for each shipping

Consider the transportation table at right. Unit costs for each shipping route are in dollars. What is the total cost of the basic feasible solution that the intuitive lowest-cost method would find fo...

Q: Refer to the table that follows. a) Use the

Refer to the table that follows. a) Use the northwest-corner method to find an initial feasible solution. What must you do before beginning the solution steps? b) Use the intuitive lowest-cost approac...

Q: Consider the transportation table below. The solution displayed was obtained by

Consider the transportation table below. The solution displayed was obtained by performing some iterations of the transportation method on this problem. What is the current cost of the plan that would...

Q: The following table is the result of one or more iterations.

The following table is the result of one or more iterations. a) Complete the next iteration using the stepping-stone method. b) Calculate the “total cost” incurred...

Q: A commercial bakery in Dubai has three production lines that supply baked

A commercial bakery in Dubai has three production lines that supply baked goods to four stores. The cost of shipment from each production line to each store (in AED per 1,000 pieces) is shown in the t...

Q: In Solved Problem C.1, Williams Auto Top Carriers proposed

In Solved Problem C.1, Williams Auto Top Carriers proposed opening a new plant in either New Orleans or Houston. Management found that the total system cost (of production plus distribution) would be...

Q: Frito-Lay has flourished since its origin—the 1931 purchase

Frito-Lay has flourished since its origin—the 1931 purchase of a small San Antonio firm for $100 that included a recipe, 19 retail accounts, and a hand-operated potato ricer. The multi-billion- dollar...

Q: The Donna Mosier Clothing Group owns factories in three towns (W

The Donna Mosier Clothing Group owns factories in three towns (W, Y, and Z), which distribute to three retail dress shops in three other cities (A, B, and C). The following table summarizes factory av...