Bindley Corporation has a one-year contract to supply motors for all washing machines produced by Rinso Ltd. Rinso manufactures the washers at four locations around the country: New York City, Fort Worth, San Diego, and Minneapolis. Plans call for the following numbers of washing machines to be produced at each location: New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis 70,000 67,000 98,000 85,000 Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are Boulder Macon Gary 94,000 135,000 120,000 Due to varying production and transportation costs, the profit Bindley earns on each 1,000 units depends on where they were produced and where they were shipped. The following table gives the accounting department estimates of the dollar profit per unit. (Shipment will be made in lots of 1,000.) SHIPPED TO PRODUCED AT NEW YORK CITY Boulder Macon FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO MINNEAPOLIS 18 16 19 Gary 24 10 30 13 12 21 12 15 28 Given profit maximization as a criterion, Bindley would like to determine how many motors should be produced at each plant and how many motors should be shipped from each plant to each destination. a. Develop a transportation grid for this problem. a. Develop a transportation grid for this problem. From/To New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Supply Boulder 18 16 19 12 94,000 Macon Gary 24 30 13 15 135,000 10 12 21 28 120,000 Requirements 70,000 67,000 98,000 85,000 b. Find the optimal solution using Microsoft Excel. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "O" wherever required.) Candidate Solution Total Shipped Boulder Macon Gary Total supplied Profit Boulder Macon Gary Total profit