Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Mathematical Problem (Simplex Model)


Problem 3: Dell Inc. manufactures two sizes of baseball- little league and major league. The company earns a profit of $2 of little league baseball and $3 per of major league baseball. Each product is assembled and packaged. There is a maximum of 1,800 hours available between the assembling and packaging department during a given time period. It takes 9 minutes to assemble a box of little league baseball and 15 minutes to assemble a box of major league baseball. A box of little league requires eleven minutes packaging whereas 5 minutes to major league. Dell Inc. seeks 2 combination of little league baseball and major league baseball that will maximize total profit within the available assembling and packaging time.

Requirement: Formulate this problem with simplex model and solve it.

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