The Mead Paper Company produces rolls of paper for cash registers and office equipment. The rolls are
Question:
The Mead Paper Company produces rolls of paper for cash registers and office equipment. The rolls are cut in widths of 2, 3, and 4 inches. Before cutting, the rolls arrive 10 inches wide. The company must decide how to produce the three different widths efficiently without wasting any paper. The following table shows five cutting alternatives to consider. Number of Rolls Cut alternative 2 in 3 in 4 in 1 5 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 4 1 1 1 5 3 0 1 The minimum requirements for the three products are 1200 units of 2 inch rolls, 1800 units of 3 inch rolls, and 1000 units of 4 inch rolls. If the company wants to minimize the number of 10 inch rolls that must be cut, how many 10 inch rolls will need to be processed on each cutting alternative? Create the entire linear programming model below and plug into LINDO and interpret the results. (Hint: Let Xi = number of 10 inch rolls of paper processed by cutting alternative i)
Quantitative Methods for Business
ISBN: 978-0324651751
11th Edition
Authors: David Anderson, Dennis Sweeney, Thomas Williams, Jeffrey cam