Rent\'R Cars is a multisite car rental company in the city. It is trying out a n
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Question
Rent'R Cars is a multisite car rental company in the city. It is trying out a new "return the car to the location most convenient for you" policy to improve customer service. But this means that the company has to constantly move cars around the city to maintain required levels of vehicle availability. The supply and demand for economy cars, and the total cost of moving these vehicles between sites, are shown below.
$10
$4
$8
$10
12
5
7
14
11
7
11
10
a. Find the solution that minimizes moving costs using Microsoft Excel. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)
$10
$4
$8
$10
75 B12
5
7
14
85 C11
7
11
10
95 Demand 45 55 65 90 255Explanation / Answer
In the given cars rent transportation problem Total supply of cars = 255 and Total demand for cars = 255 so the given problem is balanced trasportation problem
The optimum solution is given below
The number of cars from sourse to destination is given in the following transportation table
The cost associated with transportation of cars from source to destination is given in the following table
Total minimum transportation cost from source to destination is given as
10x40+4x35+5x20+7x65+11x5+10x90 = 2070
Sourse Destination D E F G supply A 40 35 0 0 75 B 0 20 65 0 85 C 5 0 0 90 95 Demand 45 55 65 90 Total supply= Total demand =255