Use VAT method to supply out all the stocks

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
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Problem 5.1SC: Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing...
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Three suppliers A, B and C, each produce road grit which has to be delivered to council depots W, X, Y and Z. The stock held at each supplier and the demand from each depot is known. The cost, in pounds, of transporting one lorry load of grit from each supplier to each depot is also known. This information is given in the table.

 

Suppliers

Depot W

Depot X

Depot Y

Depot Z

Stock (Lorry Loads)

Supplier A

180

110

130

290

14

Supplier B

190

250

150

280

16

Supplier C

240

270

190

120

20

Demand (Lorry Loads)

11

15

14

10

50

  1. Use VAT method to supply out all the stocks 
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