Question 4
A parts supplier must assign supply from 5 warehouses (W1, W2, W3, W4 and W5) to 3 customers (C1, C2 and C3), such that the total demand of 300 units for the three customers is satisfied. The warehouse capacities are 85, 55, 75, 65 and 40, for W1, W2, W3, W4 and W5 respectively. A warehouse can supply any number of customers. The cost to supply a customer from a given warehouse is provided in Table-1.Given this information, answer the subquestions.
To reduce risk, it is proposed to split the total demand evenly across all 5 warehouses. Then is it a feasible solution?
Yes
No