The Omega pharmaceutical company has five salespersons and the company wants to assign them to five sales regions. Given their various previous experiences, the salespersons cover the regions in different amounts
The Omega pharmaceutical company has five salespersons and the company wants to assign them to five sales regions. Given their various previous experiences, the salespersons cover the regions in different amounts
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The Omega pharmaceutical company has five salespersons and the company wants to assign them to five sales regions. Given their various previous experiences, the salespersons cover the regions in different amounts of time (days) outlined in the table below.
|
Salesperson |
Sales Region (Days) |
||||
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
|
|
1 |
17 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
20 |
|
2 |
12 |
9 |
16 |
9 |
14 |
|
3 |
11 |
16 |
14 |
15 |
12 |
|
4 |
14 |
10 |
10 |
18 |
17 |
|
5 |
13 |
12 |
9 |
15 |
11 |
- Which salesperson should be assigned to each region to minimise total time?
- Identify the optimal assignments and compute the total minimum time?
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