Course Content
Data Collection & Questionnaire Design
Data Collection & Questionnaire Design
Sampling: Concept, Process, and Techniques
Sampling: Concept, Process, and Techniques
0/2
Hypothesis Testing: Procedure
Hypothesis Testing: Procedure
0/2
Operations Management: Role and Scope
Operations Management: Role and Scope
0/3
Facility Location and Layout: Site Selection and Analysis, Layout Design and Process
Facility Location and Layout: Site Selection and Analysis, Layout Design and Process
Facility Location and Layout
Site Selection and Analysis, Layout Design and Process
0/3
Enterprise Resource Planning: ERP Modules, ERP Implementation
Enterprise Resource Planning: ERP Modules, ERP Implementation
Scheduling: Loading, Sequencing, and Monitoring
Scheduling: Loading, Sequencing, and Monitoring
0/6
Quality Management and Statistical Quality Control, Quality Circles, Total Quality Management – KAIZEN, Benchmarking, Six Sigma
Quality Management and Statistical Quality Control, Quality Circles, Total Quality Management – KAIZEN, Benchmarking, Six Sigma
0/5
ISO 9000 Series Standards
ISO 9000 Series Standards
Unit VIII: Business Statistics and Operations Management

Vogel’s Approximation Method (VAM) follows a logical step-by-step procedure to obtain an initial basic feasible solution:

  1. Find difference between the two unallocated least cost cells from each row and each column
    → This is the first step where penalties are calculated.

  2. Select largest difference of rows/columns
    → The row or column with the highest penalty is chosen next.

  3. Assign largest quantity as per rim requirements to the cell in the row/column with smallest cost
    → Allocation is made to the lowest-cost cell in the selected row/column.

  4. Eliminate the row/column that has been satisfied
    → Once supply or demand is fulfilled, that row or column is removed from further consideration.

  5. Check all rim requirement conditions are met
    → The process continues until all supply and demand requirements are satisfied.