Reference no: EM132249431
A Company produces three types of products A, B, and C on three machines. Product A requires 2 hours on machine 1, 1 hour on machine 2, and 3 hours on machine 3, product B needs 2 hours on machine 1, 2 hours on machine 2, and 2 hours on machine 3, and product C needs 3 hours on machine 1, 3 hours on machine 2, and 2 hours on machine 3. The revenues per unit of products A and B are $40, $35, and $60, respectively. The total processing times available each day for machines 1, 2, and 3 are 10, 12, and 11 hours, respectively.
(a) Formulate an LP to maximize the revenue of the company.
Solve the LP using LINDO and answer the following questions:
(b) If the selling price of product 2 is increased by $5, how will this change affect the basis? What will be the new revenue?
(c) If the company can increase the availability of all machines, which machine should receive higher priority?
(d) A suggestion is made to increase the availability of machines 1 and 3 at the additional cost of $10/hr. Is this advisable?
(e) If the availability of machine 2 is increased from the present 12 hours to 14 hours, how will this increase impact the optimum revenue?
(f) Suppose that the availability of machine 3 is decreased by 1 hour, how will this increase affect the optimum revenue?