TY  - JOUR
N2  - Managers regularly make decisions pertaining to the effective and efficient allocation of resources to various activities in meeting organizational objective. The task of deciding the optimum plan for distributing goods at the lowest cost possible is a case in point. Minimizing cost of transportation is fundamental for companies in the midst of highly competitive business environment. This study highlights the application of linear programming and spreadsheet that facilitate managers in a Malaysian Trading Company in determining the optimum transportation plan that leads to the lowest transportation cost of polymer from four plants to four demand destinations. It also discusses sensitivity technique in analyzing the impact of uncertainty of unit shipping cost to the total shipping cost of the trading company. © 2012 Asian Network for Scientific Information.
IS  - 23
KW  - Competitive business; Malaysians; Minimizing costs; Optimal solutions; Sensitivity technique; Shipping cost; Transportation cost; Transportation plans; Transportation problem
KW  -  Commerce; Costs; Industry; Linear programming; Management; Managers; Spreadsheets; Uncertainty analysis
KW  -  Transportation
ID  - scholars2668
Y1  - 2012///
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872010260&doi=10.3923%2fjas.2012.2430.2435&partnerID=40&md5=c7c1fd353f16f6732a536528fc8b7bcd
JF  - Journal of Applied Sciences
A1  - Ghazali, Z.
A1  - Amin Abd Majid, M.
A1  - Shazwani, M.
VL  - 12
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 7
SP  - 2430
TI  - Optimal solution of transportation problem using linear programming: A case of a Malaysian trading company
SN  - 18125654
EP  - 2435
ER  -