A company is producing a single product and selling it through five agencies situated in different cities. All of a sudden, there is a demand for the product in five more cities that do not have any agency of the companyThe company is faced with the problem of deciding on how to assign the existing agencies to dispatch the product to the additional cities in such a way that the travelling distance is minimised. The distances (in km) between the surplus and deficit cities are given in the following distance matrix. A company is producing a single product and selling it through five agencies situated in differentcities. All of a sudden, there is a demand for the product in five more cities that do not have anyagency of the company.The company is faced with the problem of deciding on how to assign the existing agencies todispatch the product to the additional cities in such a way that the travelling distance isminimised. The distances (in km) between the surplus and deficit cities are given in thefollowing distance matrix.Deficit CitySurplus cityIVNIVERIIIIIIA160130175190200В135120130160175140110155170185D50508080110E55357080105Determine the optimum assignment schedule. Q2. Pharmaceutical company producing asingle product sold it through five agencies situated indifferent cities. All of sudden there rouse a demand for the product in another five cities that didn'tagency of the company. The company is now facing the problem of deciding on how to assign theexisting agencies in order to dispatch the product to needy cities in such a waythat the travellingdistance is minimized. The distance between the surplus and deficit cities in kilometer is given thefollowing table.Surplus cityDeficit citiesDeficit citesbdaeA1160130115190200B1135120130160175C1140110125170185D150508080110E155358080105Determine the optimum assignment schedule.(Source: Sharma J.K, Operations Research, Theory and Application sixth edition 2017 published by Trinity press IndialSBNno.978-93-85935-14-5 p.-318)

agen company is producing a single pro cities. All of a sudden, there is a demand for the product in five more cities that do not have any agency of the company. The company is faced with the problem of deciding on how to assign the existing agencies to dispatch the product to the additional cities in such a way that the travelling distance is minimised. The distances (in km) between the surplus and deficit cities are given in the following distance matrix. Deficit City II III Surplus city A 160 130 175 190 200 B 135 120 130 160 175 C 140 110 155 170 185 D 50 50 80 80 110 E 55 35 70 80 105 Determine the optimum assignment schedule.

agen company is producing a single pro cities. All of a sudden, there is a demand for the product in five more cities that do not have any agency of the company. The company is faced with the problem of deciding on how to assign the existing agencies to dispatch the product to the additional cities in such a way that the travelling distance is minimised. The distances (in km) between the surplus and deficit cities are given in the following distance matrix. Deficit City II III Surplus city A 160 130 175 190 200 B 135 120 130 160 175 C 140 110 155 170 185 D 50 50 80 80 110 E 55 35 70 80 105 Determine the optimum assignment schedule.

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