Winkler Furniture manufactures two different types of chinacabinets: a French provincial model and a Danish Modern model. Eachcabinet produced must go through three departments: carpentry,painting, and finishing. The table below contains all relevantinformation concerning production times per cabinet produced andproduction capacities for each operation per day, along with netrevenue per unit produced. The firm has a contract with an Indianadistributor to produce a minimum of 300 of each cabinet per week(or 60 cabinets per day). Owner Bob Winkler would like to determinea product mix to maximize his daily revenue.
Formulate as an LP problem and obtain therevenue
| Bob Winkler wants to add this requirment to his production policy:To produce at least as many French Provencial cabinets as DanishModern. |
| How many French Provencial and Danish Modern Cabinets should Bobproduce? |
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| What is the impact on revenue of the solution in part d compared tothe result in part c? |
| Cabinet Style | Carpentry (hours/cabinet) | Painting (hours/cabinet) | Finishing (hours/cabinet) | Net revenue/cabinet ($) |
| French Provincial | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 28 |
| Danish Modern | 2 | 1 | 0.75 | 25 |
| Department Capacity (hours) | 360 | 200 | 125 |
