Optimalisasi Biaya Distribusi Es Batu dan Es Balok PT Prima Maesa Putra dengan Metode Transportasi

Destria Putri Widyaningrum
Palupi Qurrota’ayun
Nabila Sastika Ellyana
Nindya Rachmawati Ningsih
Titis Purwaningrum

Jurnal Manuhara: Pusat Penelitian Ilmu Manajemen Dan Bisnis
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Jurnal Manuhara : Pusat Penelitian Ilmu Manajemen dan Bisnis

The distribution of ice cubes and ice blocks is a crucial aspect of business operations, particularly in tropical climates like Indonesia. Efficient distribution is directly linked to profitability. PT Prima Maesa Putra, a producer and distributor of these products, is focused on optimizing distribution costs. Transportation methods provide a valuable tool for minimizing delivery expenses from factories to their destinations. This can be achieved by, for instance, analyzing using the North-West Corner (NWC) method and Vogel's Approximation Method (VAM) to establish initial solutions. These solutions are then evaluated using the Modified Distribution Method (MODI), yielding a total Rp 14.130.000,