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1 Problem 8-1 Template

2 8-1 (Production problem) Winkler Furniture manufactures two different types of china cabinets: a French Provincial
model and a Danish Modern model. Each cabinet produced must go through three departments: carpentry, painting,
3 and finishing. The table below contains all relevant information concerning production times per cabinet produced
4 and production capacities for each operation per day, along with net revenue per unit produced. The firm has a
5 contract with an Indiana distributor to produce a minimum of 300 of each cabinet per week (or 60 cabinets per day).
Owner Bob Winkler would like to determine a product mix to maximize his daily revenue.
6 (a) Formulate as an LP problem.
7 (b) Solve using an LP software program or spreadsheet.
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10 Inputs
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12 Carpentry Painting Finishing
Cabinet Style (hours/cabinet) (hours/cabinet) (hours/cabinet) Net Revenue/Cabinet ($)
13 French Provincial (X1) 3.0 1.5 0.75 $28
14 Danish Modern (X2) 2.0 1.0 0.75 $25 Solve using the Corner Point Method here.
15 Department Capacity (hours) 360 200 125
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17 Place the Optimal quantities here X2
18 # Cabinets
19 French Provincial (X1) 60
20 Danish Modern (X2) 90 Place the Constraint equations here
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22 Constraints
23 Constraints Requirement
24 Carpentry Department 360 <= 360
25 Painting Department 180 <= 200
26 Finishing Department 112.5 <= 125
27 Contract Requirement X1 60 >= 60
28 Contract Requirement X2 90 >= 60
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31 Objective to maximize
32 Revenue $3,930 Place the computed Revenue value here
33 X1
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37 Carpentory Hours
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39 3hours/french provincial . X1 french provinacials + 2
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42 Optimal Solution: X1 = 60 X2 = 90 Revenue = $3,930
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Problem 2.3