BONUS Question.

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Chapter 9. In the TechConsult Projects Ltd. problem given above, what happens if due to a NDA issue, Tech4 cannot work for Client 1. Redo the linear program to reflect this issue and find the new Optimum Billing Revenue and enter it in the blank below. Remember to show all your work in the Excel file that you will be submitting in the final question of this exam. The NEW Optimum Billing Revenue would be: $[ ]

Chapter 9. TechConsult Projects Ltd provides technical services to various small businesses in the San Antonio area. They have four technicians available to schedule and Tech1 can work for 150 hours, Tech2 can work for 100 hours, Tech3 can work for 200 hours, and Tech4 can work for 75 hours in the next month. Four clients are seeking technical services from the company and Clients 1.2 and 3 require 120 hours of technical support and Client 4 requires 165 hours of support in the next month. The billing rates for the technicians are based on the type of work each client project requires and the skills they have. The rates in dollars per hour are as follows. Based on the E-clips example from the textbook, you can see that this is an assignment problem because the goal of TechConsult is to maximize their billing for the month. Create a network, a linear program, and find the optimal values of the hours that each technician should be assigned for each client and answer the questions below the table: Dollars per hour rate Technicians Client 1 Client 2 Client 3 Client 4 Tech 1 $75 $80 $85 $90 $ Tech2 $85 $90 $ $80 $75 Tech3 $80 $85 $75 $90 Tech4 $90 $80 $90 $85 1. The Optimum Billing Revenue is $ 46100 2. Fill in the blanks with how many hours are assigned to each technician for each client in the following table: Technician Client 1 Client 2 2 Client 3 Client 4 0 0 Tech1 120 30 45 55 0 0 Tech2 Tech3 0 65 0 135 Tech4 75 0 0 0