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Across
  1. 2. Building : Creating a simplified representation to analyse a business problem
  2. 7. Node : Origin point in a distribution network that provides goods
  3. 9. : Simple technique to compute a starting transportation plan
  4. 11. : Cost incurred to move one unit of product between two points
  5. 12. Node : Destination point that requires certain quantities of goods
  6. 13. Matrix : Table showing transportation cost between every source and destination
  7. 14. Allocation : Assigning limited resources to competing uses
  8. 18. Check : Verifying whether a plan satisfies all constraints
  9. 21. Flow : Movement of goods or data through interconnected nodes and links
  10. 22. : Assignment of units from sources to destinations
  11. 24. : Routing goods via intermediate stops between source and destination
  12. 25. : Technique to evaluate possible improvements in transport plans
  13. 26. : The primary goal (e.g., minimize total transportation cost)
  14. 27. : Added cost used to balance supply and demand artificially
  15. 28. : Method to compute opportunity cost corrections (short name)
  16. 29. Problem : When supply and demand totals do not match initially
  17. 30. : Extra cost of transporting one additional unit
Down
  1. 1. : Condition where the number of allocations is less than required
  2. 3. Optimal Plan : The allocation after all improvements have been applied
  3. 4. Problem : When total supply equals total demand in a transportation model
  4. 5. : Planning the path vehicles take to deliver goods
  5. 6. : Starting solution that picks cheapest available routes first
  6. 8. Solution : The starting allocation used before optimization begins
  7. 10. : Maximum amount a facility or route can handle
  8. 15. : Goods transported by road, rail, sea, or air
  9. 16. Improvement : Repeating steps to progressively better solutions
  10. 17. Model : Mathematical model where relationships are linear functions
  11. 19. Solution : Solution requiring whole-number allocations only
  12. 20. : Combining shipments to reduce overall transport cost
  13. 23. : A practical rule-of-thumb used when exact methods are impractical