Abstract:
Transportation problem is one of the leading
problems among the operation research problems which is
engaged with daily activities in our real life and mainly deals
with logistics. It is a very important class of model in linear
programming and related with the condition where
transporting commodities or resources from sources to
destinations. The primary purpose of the problem is saving the
transportation time and steps by using minimal cost of
transformation. The solution of this problem basically divided
into two categories such as the Initial Basic Feasible Solution
(IBFS) and the Optimal Solution (OS). The objective of this
research is to develop a program to find the Initial Basic
Feasible solution of the transportation problem using the North
West Corner Rule (NWCR). The C# programming language has
used to develop this programme for the both balanced and
unbalanced situations. Also, this can be used to solve any
situation of transportation problem using the North West
Corner Rule with wider range than other methods. Finally, this
proposed programme is more helpful for the decision makers
who are handling the unbalanced supply and demand quantities
in frequently. Also, this is time saving and robust method for
using the NWCR method and therefore, the final answer has a
higher level of reliability without human errors rather than
applying the method manually.
