The Pinewood Cabinet and Furniture Company produces sofas, tables, and chairs at its plant in Greensboro, North
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The furniture is produced on a weekly basis and stored in a warehouse until the end of the week, when it is shipped out. The warehouse has a total capacity of 500 pieces of furniture, however, a sofa takes up twice as much space as a table or chair. Each sofa earns $320 in profit, each table, $275, and each chair, $190. The company wants to know how many pieces of each type of furniture to make per week in order to maximize profit.
Formulate and solve a linear programming model for thisproblem.
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Operations Management Creating Value Along the Supply Chain
ISBN: 978-0470525906
7th Edition
Authors: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor
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