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Can Someone explain how to do step B -step by step. I posted answers but I am not sure how to do B. Bindley Corporation

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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 55,000
Fort Worth 71,000
San Diego 75,000
Minneapolis 75,000

Bindley has three plants that can produce the motors. The plants and production capacities are

Boulder 110,000
Macon 80,000
Gary 165,000

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 FORT WORTH SAN DIEGO MINNEAPOLIS
Boulder 7 15 11 14
Macon 26 18 10 11
Gary 10 22 17 15

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.

From/To New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Supply
Boulder 7 15 11 14 110,000
Macon 26 18 10 11 80,000
Gary 10 22 17 15 165,000
Requirements 55,000 71,000 75,000 75,000

B)Find the optimal solution using Microsoft Excel.Note: Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.

Candidate Solution New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis Total Shipped
Boulder 0 0 0 56,000 56,000
Macon 55,000 0 0 0 55,000
Gary 0 71,000 75,000 19,000 165,000
Total supplied 55,000 71,000 75,000 75,000 276,000

Profit New York City Fort Worth San Diego Minneapolis
Boulder 0 0 0 784,000
Macon 1,430,000 0 0 0
Gary 0 1,562,000 1,275,000 285,000
Total profit $5,336,000

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