It was discussed that the North-West Corner rule has to always consider the lowest cost if there is an imbalance transportation problem. If the solution was asked to be the final one, and it is immediately needed, will the North-West Corner rule be applicable?
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The North-West Corner rule may not be the most suitable approach if an immediate and final solution is required for an imbalanced transportation problem due to its lack of optimality consideration.
Yes, the North-West Corner rule can be applicable even when an immediate solution is needed for an unbalanced transportation problem. The North-West Corner rule is a method commonly used to find an initial feasible solution for transportation problems, which are linear programming problems involving the allocation of goods from multiple suppliers to multiple consumers while minimizing transportation costs.