AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION MODEL USING NORTH WEST CORNER METHOD

Abstract

Transportation is a special structure of linear programming, and is concerning with the transportation of a homogenous product (or services) from a number of sources, often called origin that have specific quantities of supply t a number of destination with certain quantities of demand (or requirement). The ultimate aim of this model could either be to minimize the total transportation cost or maximize the total transportation profit. Transportation model can be done in a tabular or matrix form: columns represent the destination while rows represents the sources. The unit cost for each route is given as well as the output of each source and the requirement of each destination. Where total supply differs from total demand and vice versa, a fictitious source or destination (usually allotted zero cost) is added to absorb the excess. This research project uses Nigerian Bottling Company (Coca Cola) as a case study.