Assignment Problem

Transportation Problem

(i)
Assignment means allocating various jobs (i)
A transportation problem is concerned
to various people in the organization.
with transportation method or selecting routes
Assignment should be done in such a way that in a product distribution network among the
the overall processing time is less, overall
manufacture plant and distribution warehouse
efficiency is high, overall productivity is high,
situated in different regions or local outlets.
etc.
(ii) We solve an assignment problem by
using two methods.

(ii)
We use three methods for solving a
transportation problem1 i.e., to find IBFS :

(a) Completer enumeration

method.

(a) VAM (b) NWCR (c) LCM

(b)

Hungarian method

Thereafter we find the optimum solution by

using the MODI method.

(iii) In an assignment problem only one

allocation can be made in particular row or a
column.

(iii) A transportation problem is not subject

to any such restrictions. Such restriction are
peculiar to assignment problems only. Many
allocations can be done in a particular row or
particular column.

(iv) In assignment problem management

aims at assignment jobs to various people.

(iv) In transportation method, management

is searching for a distribution route, which can
lead to minimization of cost and maximization
of profit.

(v) When no. of jobs no. of workers, it is a

unbalanced problem.

(v)
When the total demand is not equal to
total supply it is unbalanced problem.