Question: Mason Electronic produces specially coded hard - disk ( HD ) in 5 0 0 GB , 1 TB , and 2 TB sizes. To

Mason Electronic produces specially coded hard-disk (HD) in 500GB,1TB, and 2TB sizes. To
product a 500GB requires 8 hours of labor, a 1TB takes 13 hours, and one 2TB chip requires
16 hours. Mansons monthly production capacity is 1,200 hours. The firms sales manager
estimates that the maximum monthly sales of the 500GB,1TB and 2TB HD are 40,50, and 60,
respectively. The company has the following goals (ranked in order from most important to
least important):
1. Fill an order from the best customer for thirty 500GB HD and thirty-five 1TB HD.
2. Provide sufficient hard-disk to at least equal the sales estimates.
3. Avoid underutilization of the production capacity.
Formulate this problem using goal programming.

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