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creators_name: Ghazali, Z.
creators_name: Amin Abd Majid, M.
creators_name: Shazwani, M.
title: Optimal solution of transportation problem using linear programming: A case of a Malaysian trading company
ispublished: pub
keywords: Competitive business; Malaysians; Minimizing costs; Optimal solutions; Sensitivity technique; Shipping cost; Transportation cost; Transportation plans; Transportation problem, Commerce; Costs; Industry; Linear programming; Management; Managers; Spreadsheets; Uncertainty analysis, Transportation
note: cited By 7
abstract: 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.
date: 2012
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872010260&doi=10.3923%2fjas.2012.2430.2435&partnerID=40&md5=c7c1fd353f16f6732a536528fc8b7bcd
id_number: 10.3923/jas.2012.2430.2435
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of Applied Sciences
volume: 12
number: 23
pagerange: 2430-2435
refereed: TRUE
issn: 18125654
citation:   Ghazali, Z. and Amin Abd Majid, M. and Shazwani, M.  (2012) Optimal solution of transportation problem using linear programming: A case of a Malaysian trading company.  Journal of Applied Sciences, 12 (23).  pp. 2430-2435.  ISSN 18125654