Problem:
Transportation problem: Excel solver
Having real problems setting up transportation problems in Excel's Solver. Please help with objective function, constraints, formulas, etc. Spreadsheet would be wonderful soI can see how to do it!
The Krampf Lines Railway Company specializes in coal handling. On Friday APril 13, Krampf needed empty coal cars to be moved from three locations (Morgantown, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh) to four other locations. (Mill Valley, Coal Town, Junction City, and Limeburg). Using a railway city-to-city distance chart, the dispatcher constructs a mileage table for the preceding towns, as shown in the table. The table also shows the availablilities and requirements. Find the best shipment of coal cars to minimize the total miles traveled by the cars.
