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Chapter 3: Q10PE. (page 398)

The “changing cells” in a transportation model represent this.

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Allocation of demand to a plant or warehouse.

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Allocation of demand

Demand allocation is a technique in which we permit the need for an item to be distributed over several plants as well as the other in which every item's need should be supplied entirely by a particular facility.

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Use of transportation model

This modelis used to define the concept of the movement of a thing from one place to another without any change. This model is used in the analysis of the transportation system and helps find the best route for allocating resources.

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Methods of transportation model

There are two different ways oftransportation models which are as follows: the stepping stone method and the modified distribution method.

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