Most industrial and service organizations now
include transportation logistics and management in their
business decision making process. The cost of
transportation and the distribution of goods from
manufacturing facilities to depots raise transportation
costs, which will ultimately have an impact on the selling
price of the product and will then directly or indirectly
affect final consumers. Several academic publications
had proposed linear programming transportation
models for transport logistics problems. Thispaper,
models and assesses the performance of the Vogel
Approximation and North West Corner transportation
models on the logistics of optimal distribution bags of
cement of Dangote Cement Company Plc, Nigeria, from
some cement facilities, to various depots while
minimizing transportation cost. The outcome of this
study demonstrated a considerable decrease on the
transportation cost of the distribution of the product to
various depots as well as simple distribution from plants
to depots. The Vogel Approximation model showed a
slight improvement on distribution cost reduction by
eight thousand, three hundred naira compared to the
North-West Corner Rule. At the conclusion of the study,
recommendations were given.
Keywords :
Vogel Approximation, North West Corner, Transportation Model, Optimal Distribution, Dangote Cement.