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Management · Q51

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Management · question 51

Q51

One disadvantage of using North-West Corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that.

A.
It is complicated to use
B.
It does not take into account cost of transportation
Answer
C.
It leads to a degenerate initial solution
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
One disadvantage of using North-West Corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that It does not take into account cost of transportation. North-west is an easy way to find a solution and works efficiently most of the time. But there isn't any superority among these methods. Basically, it depends on the problem.