Transportation Problem for a Beverage Firm in Kumasi, Ghana

摘要: This paper seeks to find the optimal transportation cost of a beverage firm in Kumasi-Ashanti Region, Ghana, using POM-QM for Windows 4 (Software Quantitative Methods, Production and Operation Management by Howard J. Weiss ) with Vogel’s Approximation Method (VAM) as initial method. An administered questionnaire was used data collection from firm.  The results analysis revealed that, is GH?3, 174635.00 if it transports 769785, 615410 1014805 numbers cases bottles drinks Plant 1 Accra, Tamale Kumasi respectively. Again, they transport 667887, 698463, 633650 Techiman Sunyani 2, also 3, 11273 988727 number Accra Koforidua company’s will reduce GH?3,209,897.86 (in cases) sources various destinations tableau (, Appendix 1, Table 3). It believed that applies this mathematical model then, can save much GH?35262.86 equivalent US$ 11,020.00 which could be other areas boost production. Keywords: Transportation, Beverage firm, Optimal Tableau, Production, cost.