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GYAN GANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, BHOPALTransportation ProblemPresented by:Aditya Khare
Dhruvnanada Singh Gour
Mohd. Muqeem Mansoori
Rahul JainGuided by:Prof. Lokesh Payasi
DefinitionIt deals with problems concerning as to what happens to the effectiveness function when we associate each of a number of origins with each of a possibly different number of destination.History“The Distribution of a Product from Several Sources of Numerous Localities”                                              Study by: F.L. Hitchcock(1941)“Optimum Utilization of the Transportation System”                                             Study by: T.C. Koopmans(1947)          These two contribution are mainly responsible for the development of Transportation Model.
Application of Transportation ProblemMinimize shipping costs
Determine low cost location
Find minimum cost production schedule
Military distribution systemProcessStandardization  of problem
Check the nature of the problem
Check prohibited cell
Check balancing problemMethodsNorth West Corner Rule (NWCR)
Row Minima Method
Column Minima Method
Least Cost Method
Vogle Approximation Method (VAM)North West Corner Rule (NWCR)This method consists in allocating in the north-west corner of the matrix.SupplyNorth-west Corner6Demand/1
Row Minima MethodThis method consists in allocating as much as possible lowest cost cell of the first row.SupplyMinimum cost in the RowDemand
Column Minima MethodThis method consists in allocating as much as possible lowest cost cell of the first column.SupplyMinimum cost in the ColumnDemand

Transportation model