Question: You must design and run an optimization model using Solver Add-in Excel for a coffee caf. Your goal is to find the right number of
You must design and run an optimization model using Solver Add-in Excel for a coffee caf. Your goal is to find the right number of beverages to be sold each month for maximum profit considering the constraints listed below.

- Resources Used
- Milk not utilized cannot be stored and will go to waste. (You want to avoid this; thus, you would like to utilize as much (if not all) milk as you can)
- You need to use a minimum 150 tea bags.
- You need to sell a minimum reasonable amount of each type of beverage. What is the reasonable amount (50 or 100 or more): You need to decide for yourself and justify your decision.
Requirements
- Maximum profit; given the constraints and resources available.
- Explain your results to the business owner and make recommendations.
- Submit your recommendation and the excel sheet on the blackboard.
- PLEASE NOTE:
- Write your recommendation in a manner appropriate to communicate with a business client. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
- The business owner neither understands nor care for your excel analysis but needs your recommendation in the language he/she can understand.
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