Session 2020-21

PGDM201 – Business Statistics & Quantitative Techniques

Assignment 2

Date of Assignment: 22nd Apr 2021 Date of Submission: 27th Apr 2021

CO evaluated: CO4 Max Marks: 10

Q.1) (a) How will you handle the following situations in Assignment
problems? – Maximization, Unbalanced problem, Impossible assignment

(b) Suggest optimum assignment of 5 workers A, B, C, D, E to 5 jobs I, II, III,

IV,V.
The time taken by different workers in completing the different jobs
is given below:

Jobs
I II III IV V
Workers A 20 22 35 22 18
B 4 26 24 24 7
C 23 14 17 19 19
D 17 15 16 18 15
E 16 19 21 19 25

Also, find the total time taken in completing the jobs.

Q.2) Solve the transportation problem for minimum total transportation cost
by North West Corner Method OR Least Cost Method.
The values in the body of the matrix represent the unit transportation costs in
rupees.

D1 D2 D3 D4 Supply
O1 12 7 10 10 40
O2 10 9 12 10 30
O3 14 12 9 12 20
Demand 30 25 15 10

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