Question

During a recent War, Operation Strike Force required large amount of military material and supplies to be shipped daily from supply depots in France to bases in the location of the conflict. The critical factor in the movement of these supplies was speed. The following tables shows the number of planeloads of supplies available each day from each of six supply depots and the number of daily loads demanded at each of five bases. The demands are firm. (Each planeload is approximately equal in tonnage). Also included are the transport hours per plane, including loading and fueling, actual flight time, and unloading and refueling.

Military Base Supply Depot a bd Supply 36 40 32 43 29 2 3 4 34 35 41 29 31 41 42 35 27 36 5 25 28 40 34389 31 30 43 38 40 28 27 29 40 3810 8 6 6 Demand9 Answer the following questions in determining minimal (optimal) transportation.

1.) What is the minimum hours for total transportation times?

2.)How many hours are logged from planes leaving depot-2?

3.)How many hours are logged from planes leaving depot-4?

4.)How many hours are logged from planes leaving depot-6?

5.)How many planes depart depot-1 and arrive at base-e?

6.) How many planes depart depot-3 and arrive at base-e?

7.) How many planes depart depot-5 and arrive at base-a?

8.) How many planes depart depot-6 and arrive at base-b?

9.)How many planes actually depart depot-3?

10.)How many planes actually depart depot-5?

Answer 1

During a recent War, Operation Strike Force required large amount of military material and supplies to be shipped daily from supply depots in France to bases in the location of the conflict. The critical factor in the movement of these supplies was speed.