1. Example to Transshipment Problems Y. İlker TOPCU, Ph.D. www.ilkertopcu.net www.yoneylem.itu.edu.tr I would like to acknowledge Prof. W.L. Winston's "Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms“ (slides submitted by Brooks/Cole, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.) and Prof. J.E. Beasley's lecture notes which greatly influence these notes... I retain responsibility for all errors and would love to hear from readers...

2. 2 www.ilkertopcu.infowww.ilkertopcu.info www.yoneylem.itu.edu.trwww.yoneylem.itu.edu.tr Hazelnut FindikTrans logistic company is responsible for distributing hazelnuts from the warehouses located in Giresun, Ordu, and Trabzon to the main customers in Turkey. The main customers are in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Kocaeli, Adana, and Antalya. The firm has also a distribution center located in Eskişehir. Formulate the problem as a transportation problem that can be used to make transportation strategy of FindikTrans for given demands and costs.

3. 3 www.ilkertopcu.infowww.ilkertopcu.info www.yoneylem.itu.edu.trwww.yoneylem.itu.edu.tr Supplies  Giresun: 120 tons  Ordu: 75 tons  Trabzon: 65 tons Demands  İstanbul: 90 tons  Ankara: 55 tons  İzmir: 45 tons  Kocaeli: 30 tons  Adana: 25 tons  Antalya: 35 tons 260 tons 280 tons

4. 4 www.ilkertopcu.infowww.ilkertopcu.info www.yoneylem.itu.edu.trwww.yoneylem.itu.edu.tr Costs (TL/ton)

5. 5 www.ilkertopcu.infowww.ilkertopcu.info www.yoneylem.itu.edu.trwww.yoneylem.itu.edu.tr Transportation Tableau Answer