Question: ( 4 5 points ) Deckard Electric produces old fashioned chandeliers, and ceiling fans. Both chandeliers and fans require a two - step production process

(45 points) Deckard Electric produces old fashioned chandeliers, and ceiling fans. Both chandeliers and fans require a two-step production process involving wiring and assembly. It takes about 2 hours to wire a chandelier and 3 hours to wire a fan. Final assembly of the chandelier and fan require 6 and 5 hours respectively. The production capability is such that only 12 hours of wiring and 30 hours of assembly time are available. Each chandelier produced nets the firm $7 and each fan $6. The firm's management wants to achieve the following goals with the given priorities:
G1 : Reach a profit of at least $30
G2 : Fully use wiring department hours available.
G3 : Avoid assembly department overtime.
a) Formulate the problem as a goal programming problem.
b) Suppose that unused labor in the wiring department incurs a penalty of $2 while overtime in assembly department costs an additional $3, what would be the objective function using the weights method?
c) Assuming G1>G2>G3 determine the optimum solution using the pre-emptive method.
 (45 points) Deckard Electric produces old fashioned chandeliers, and ceiling fans.

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