The plant manager of a plastic pipe manufacturer has the opportunity to use two different routings for
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Each 100 feet of pipe processed on routing issues 5 pounds of raw material, whereas each 100 feet of pipe processed on routing 2 used only 4 pounds. This difference results from differing scrap rates of the extruding machines. Consequently, the profit per 100 feet of pipe processed on routing 1 is $60 and on routing 2 is $80. A total of 200 pounds of raw material is available.
a. Create a set of linear equations to describe the objective function and the constraints.
b. Use graphic analysis to find the visual solution.
c. What is the maximumprofit?
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Operations management processes and supply chain
ISBN: 978-0136065760
9th edition
Authors: Lee J Krajewski, Larry P Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra
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