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EM 8779 June 2002. $ PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. IN THE WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. Transportation problem : A Special Case for Linear Programming Problems J. Reeb and S. Leavengood A. key problem managers face is how to allocate scarce resources among various activities or projects. Linear programming, or LP, is a method of allocating resources in an optimal way. It is one of the most widely used operations research tools and has been a decision- making aid in almost all manufacturing industries and in financial and service organizations. O perations research (OR) is concerned with scientifically deciding how to best design and operate people machine systems, In the term Linear programming, programming refers to mathematical pro- usually under conditions requiring the gramming. In this context, it refers to a allocation of scarce planning process that allocates resources This publication, one of a series, is labor, materials, machines, capital in the offered to supervisors, lead people, middle best possible (optimal) way so that costs are managers, and anyone who has responsibility minimized or profits are maximized.
Basically, the purpose is to minimize the cost of shipping goods from one location to another so that the needs of each arrival area are met and every shipping location operates within its capacity. However, quantitative analysis has been used ... slack, surplus, and artificial vari-ables when necessary. (For an explanation of slack, surplus ...
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