In transportation problem the main objective is to obtain an Initial Basic Feasible Solution for the transportation problem. This method is ex with numerical examples. URL: View PDF. Keywords: Transportation Problem, Transportation Cost, Initial Basic Feasible Solution, Optimal Solution. NorthWest Corner Method. Least Cost Cell Method. Vogel's Approximation Method. This article will discuss how to optimize the initial basic feasible solution Note: If the problem is not unbalanced then the concept of a dummy row or a dummy column to transform the unbalanced problem to balanced The Transportation Problem is the special class of Linear Programming Problem in the field of Applied Mathematics and also in Operation Research. There are some existing algorithms to solve the Transportation Problem such as North West Corner Rule (NWC), Least Cost Method (LCM) methods of solving transportation problems, refer to publications. listed on page 35. As the method's name implies, we start work in the northwest. For cell Site 2 Mill A: 100 - 40 - 90 > 0 is false. The second statement is false, so we know we can find a less. costly shipping schedule. Transportation problem calculator helps to solve the supply and demand of a product by using the Least Cost Method. It also assists in computing the minimum path of transportation. Minimum Cost Calculation - Least Cost Method. An algorithmic approach to solve transportation problems with the average total opportunity cost method. Azad, K S.M.A., M. B. Hossain, M. M. Rahman. An alternative method to north-west corner method for solving transportation problem. N. M. Sharma, A. P. Bhadane. TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.pdf - Transportation Problem Transportation Problem Aim To find out Transportation Problem • The transportation problem is a special type of LPP where the Methods of solving Transportation Problem • North West Corner Method (NWCM) • Least Cost Comparison the transportation problem solution between northwest-corner method and stepping- stone method The problem becomes large, so look for relationship between northwest-corner method and basis tree approach in solving transportation feasible Chapter Transportation Problems.1 Modelling the transportation problem The transportation problem is concerned with finding the minimum cost of transporting a single commodity Method 2: The Least-Cost Method This method usually provides a better initial basic feasible solution than the Method 2:- Least Cost Method : The practical steps involved in the Least Cost are given below: Step 1: Make maximum possible allocation to the least Q 3: Q 4: Q 5: Q 6: Q 7: 1. [M 10, 6b, 4M] In an unbalanced minimization transportation problem, with positive unit transport costs from 3 factories Transportation Problem is an important problem which has been widely studied in Operations Research domain. It has been often used to For finding the initial solution of the transportation problem we use the Fuzzy Vogel's Approximation Method and for determining the optimality of the Transportation Problem Row Minima Methods. Least Cost Method For Transportation. The transhipment problem is to minimise the cost of transporting goods between various sources and destinations. Transportation Problem Row Minima Methods. Least Cost Method For Transportation. The transhipment problem is to minimise the cost of transporting goods between various sources and destinations.