Question

One disadvantage of using north west corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that

• A. it is difficult to use.
• B. it does not take into account cost of transportation.
• C. it leads to a degenerate initial solution.
• D. .transportation cost is maximum.

Answer 1

The correct option is B it does not take into account cost of transportation.

The $\text{North West Corner Rule}$ is used to compute the initial feasible solution for the transportation problem. This method doesn't take the $\text{shipping cost}$shipping cost into consideration. As a result, to obtain the initial solution requires several iterations before an optimum solution is obtained.