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8.4 A gear manufacturer is planning next week's production for four types of gears. Because there are limited resources in the plant for production, the manufacturer can outsource the gears by purchasing these gears from a regional supplier. The regional supplier can supply a maximum of 650 units of each type of gear. The table below shows the exact demand for the gears, the revenue per unit, and the outsource cost per unit if the gears are purchased from the supplier. The manufacturer generates the same revenue per unit for the gears regardless of whether the gear is manufactured in their plant and then sold to their customers or outsourced from their supplier and then sold to their customers. Demand Revenue Outsource Cost GEAR A 650 $13.75 $10.00 GEAR B 500 $12.50 $9.75 PRODUCT GEAR C 450 $16.90 $11.00 GEARD 550 S19.00 S11.50 When the gears are manufactured in the own plant, the gears must be processed through three different departments: forming, hardening, and deburring. The table below shows the processing time (in hours) for each type of gear in the departments as well as the capacity for each department and the cost per hour for processing the gears in those departments. The cost per hour for processing the gears is provided so that you can calculate the manufacturing cost. PROCESS GEAR A (hrs./unit) GEAR B (hrs./unit) GEAR C (hrs./unit) GEARD (hrs./unit) DEPARTMENT COST CAPACITY (5/hr.) (hours) 500 S9.50 400 $8.75 Forming Hardening 0.40 0.30 0.42 0.25 0.45 0.31 0.52 0.40 Deburring 0.40 0.37 0.42 0.32 400 $7.75 Formulate and solve this problem in Excel to determine the production and/or outsource plan which will meet the requirements and maximize the profit. (Hint: processing costs in the second table effect only the profit for the gears that are manufactured and not the gears that are outsourced) a) How much profit does the company for all gears they make and buy in your solution (the value of the objective function)? b) If you could add one hour of capacity to any department to increase profit - adding one hour of capacity to which department would generate the biggest increase in profit: Forming, Hardening, or Deburring? c) In your solution, how many Gear of A, B, C and D should the company make or buy? d) The company wants to either order or manufacture a product but not both. How will your answer change? Which products should be purchased and which ones manufactured? Your solution should not violate any of the constraints. A B D E F F G H . | K K L M N O Q R S T U 1 Let Ao Bo Am Bm 0 Bo 650 13.75 10 3.75 0 12.5 9.75 2.75 Co Do 194.623656 213.3065 16.9 19 11 11.5 5.9 7.5 Co 13.75 9.525 4.225 Cm Dm 255.3763 336.69355 16.9 19 10.2425 10.92 6.6575 8.08 500 12.5 9.045 3.455 Do Am be the amount to be outsourced be the amount to be outsourced be the amount to be outsourced be the amount to be outsourced be the amount to be manufactured be the amount to be manufactured be the amount to be manufactured be the amount to be manufactured Bm 0.4 0.52 0.42 0.25 0.37 0.3 0.4 0.45 0.31 0.42 Cm Dm 0.4 0.32 1 A A A A A A A | 2 3 4 Decision Variables 5 Revenue 6 Cost 7 Objective Function Coefficient 8 Constraints: 9 Forming 10 Hardening 11 Deburring 12 Ao 13 Bo 14 Co 15 Do 16 A Total 17 B Total 18 C Total 19 D Total 20 21 22 Answers: 23 a. 11,333.73 24 b. Deburring 25 c. Gear Ao 26 Gear Am 11333.73 LHS 500 338.8441 400 650 0 194.6237 213.3065 650 500 450 550 Max Prof 5.5A0+4B0+6.75C0+5.75D0+6.33Am+5.55Bm+7.47Cm+6.89Dm subject to 1 Sign RHS Cost/hr