He objective of the transportation problem is toa. minimize the cost of shipping products from several origins to several destinations b. identify one origin that can satisfy total demand at the destinations and at the same time minimize total shipping cost c. minimize the number of shipments necessary to satisfy total demand at the destinations d. None of the provided answers is correct e. minimize the number of origins used to satisfy total demand at the destinations

The objective of the transportation problem is to minimize the cost of shipping products from several origins to several destinations

Explanation:

Transportation problem is a problem which applies linear programming rules to determine the cheapest costs of fulfilling orders from different origins to different Drop points/destinations.

The product could originate from a plant, a warehouse or a 3rd party. And the destination could also be another Plant, a Market, a supermarket, a Warehouse, a store, or a 3rd party.