Olympic bike is introducing two new lightweight bicycle frames, the deluxe and the professional to be made
Question:
Olympic bike is introducing two new lightweight bicycle frames, the deluxe and the professional to be made from special aluminum and steel alloys. The anticipated unit profits are 10$ for the deluxe and 15$ for the professional. A supplier delivers 100 pounds of the aluminum alloy and 80 pounds of the steel alloy weekly
Using Sensitivity analysis, answer following questions:
a) How many Deluxe and Professional frames should Olympic produce each week?
b) Suppose the prom on deluxe frames is increased to $20. Is the above solution still optimal!? What is the value of the objective function when this unit profit Is Increased to $20?
c) If the unit profit on deluxe frames were $6 instead of $10. Would the optimal solution change?
Partial solution using MS Excel Software is given as under:
Introduction to Operations Research
ISBN: 978-1259162985
10th edition
Authors: Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman