Question: Please create model formulation and use excel solver. Thank you. Failsafe Electronics Corporation primarily manufactures four highly technical products, which it supplies to aerospace firms

Please create model formulation and use excel solver. Thank you.
Failsafe Electronics Corporation primarily manufactures four highly technical products, which it supplies
to aerospace firms that hold NASA contracts. Each of the products must pass through the following
departments before they are shipped: wiring, drilling, assembly, and inspection. The time requirements
in each department (in hours) for each unit produced and its corresponding profit value are summarized
in the table below.
Department
Product Wiring Drilling Assembly Inspection Unit profit
XJ2010.5320.5 $9
XM8971.5141.0 $12
TR291.5210.5 $15
BR7881.0320.5 $11
The production time available in each department each month and the minimum monthly production
requirement to fulfill contracts are as follows:
Department Capacity (hours) Product Minimum
production level
Wiring 1500 XJ201150
Drilling 2350 XM897100
Assembly 2600 TR29200
Inspection 1200 BR788400
Formulate and solve Failsafe Electronics profit maximization problem as a linear program.

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