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If an additional 1000 pounds of almonds were offered at a price of $1000 from a suppler that overbought, we would recommend TJs to purchase the almonds. They would be purchasing the almonds at a price of $1.00 per pound, decreasing their cost by twenty-five cents per pound. Also they would increase their available pounds of almonds from 6000 to 7000, thus increasing their profit to $29,883.33 giving them an increase of $4,958.33. If TJs does not satisfy all existing orders, a recommendation would be to increase the purchase of nuts for all of the mixes to reach an optimal solution to the objective function that would maximize the profit contribution. Also we would recommend to TJs not to fill all orders for the Holiday Mix.
The Regular Mix consists of 15% almonds, 25% Brazil nuts, 25% filberts, 10 % pecans, and 25% walnuts. The Deluxe Mix consists of 20% of each type of nut and the Holiday Mix consists of 25% almonds, 15% filberts, 25% pecans, and 20% walnuts. TJs accountant has analyzed the cost of packaging contribution per pound, and so forth, and has determined that the profit contribution per pound is $1.65 for the Regular Mix, $2.00 for the Deluxe Mix, and $2.25 for the Holiday Mix. These figures do not include the cost of specific types of nuts in the different mixes because that cost can vary greatly in the commodity markets. Customers orders already received are summarized below: Type of Mix Orders (pounds)
Regular
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Deluxe Holiday
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Because demand is running high, it is expected that TJs will receive many more orders than can be satisfied. TJs is committed to using the available nuts to maximize profit over the fall season; nuts not used will be given to the Free Store. But even if it is not profitable to do so, TJs president has indicated that the orders already received must be satisfied.
Using the data given in the problem, we must first obtain an objective function for maximizing the profit. The objective function that we chose to maximize is, 1.65R + 2.00D + 2.25H - 36450.
It is the total profit for each mix minus the total cost per shipment of the nuts, since these costs were not included in the profits. There are eight necessary constraints for this model. They are necessary because of the customer orders already received and the limits placed on the available amount of nuts in the mixes. Constraint 1 Pounds of Regular Mix produced > Orders of Regular Mix Constraint 2 Pounds of Deluxe Mix produced > Orders of Deluxe Mix Constraint 3 Pounds of Holiday Mix produced > Orders of Holiday Mix Constraint 4 Total amount of almonds in all mixes < Amount of almonds available Constraint 5 Total amount of Brazil nuts in all mixes < Amount of Brazil nuts available Constraint 6 Total amount of filberts in all mixes < Amount of filberts available Constraint 7 Total amount of pecans in all mixes < Amount of pecans available
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Constraint 8 Total amount of walnuts in all mixes < Amount of walnuts available Let us now develop mathematical statements of the constraints for the problem. The constraint for the pounds of Regular Mix produced can be written as follows:
R > 10000
The constraint for the pounds of Deluxe Mix produced can be written as follows: D > 3000
The constraint for the pounds of Holiday Mix produced can be written as follows: H > 5000 The constraint for the limit placed on the amount of almonds in all of the mixes can be written as follows:
The constraint for the limit placed on the amount of Brazil nuts in all of the mixes can be written as follows: .15R + .20D + .15H < 7500
The constraint for the limit placed on the amount of filberts in all of the mixes can be written as follows: .15R + .20D + .15H < 7500
The constraint for the limit placed on the amount of pecans in all of the mixes can be written as follows: .10R + .20D + .25H < 6000 The constraint for the limit placed on the amount of walnuts in all of the mixes can be written as follows: .25R + .20D + .20H < 7500 Combining all of the constraints with nonnegativity requirements enables us to write the complete linear programming model for the Product Mix Problem as follows: Max s.t. 1R
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1.65R
2.00D
2.25H
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1D 1H .15R .25R .25R .25R .10R R, D, H > 0 + + + + + .20D .20D .20D .20D .20D + + + + + .25H .15H .15H .20H .25H
Deluxe Mix produced Holiday Mix Produced Almonds available Brazil Nuts available Filberts available Pecans available Walnuts available
Constraint Number
Constraint Name
Type of Constraint
Slack or Surplus
Dual Price
1 2 3 4 5
Pounds of Regular Mix Pounds of Deluxe Mix Pounds of Holiday Mix Almonds Available Brazil Nuts Available
0 0 -0.175 8.50 0
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6 7 8
250 875 0
0 0 1.50
The pounds of Regular Mix constraint has a surplus of 7500 showing that the optimal solution exceeds the customer orders for Regular Mix by 7500 pounds. Also the pounds of Deluxe Mix constraint has a surplus of 7625 showing that the optimal solution exceeds the customer orders for Deluxe Mix by 7625 pounds. The surplus of zero associated with pounds of Holiday Mix is a result of this constraint being binding. The negative dual price indicates that increasing the customer orders for Holiday Mix from 5000 to 5001 pounds will actually decrease the profit contribution by $.18. Looking at the dual prices for the different types of nuts available, the following recommendations would be suggested: to increase the pounds of almonds and walnuts purchased by TJs. By increasing the pounds of almonds purchased, TJs will increase their objective function/profit contribution at rate of $8.50 per pound of almonds. Also by increasing the pounds of walnuts purchased, TJs will increase their objective function/profit contribution at a rate of $1.50 per pound of walnuts. Although we would not recommend buying more Brazil Nuts, filberts, and pecans because there are unused amounts of each: 250 pounds of Brazil Nuts and filberts and 875 pounds of pecans. These slack variables would indicate, by looking at the dual prices, no profit is gained by purchasing more pounds of these types of nuts. The computer output information for the sensitivity analysis on RIGHT HAND SIDE RANGES is restated below:
Constraint Name
Min RHS
Current Value
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Max RHS
Pounds of Regular Mix Pounds of Deluxe Mix Pounds of Holiday Mix Almonds Available Brazil Nuts Available Filberts Available Pecans Available Walnuts Available
17500 10625 9692.31 6583.33 No Upper Limit No Upper Limit No Upper Limit 7750
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Several interpretations of these ranges are possible. Recalling that Find theA dual College price for almonds enabled us to conclude that for each additional pound purchased the profit would increase at a rate of $8.50. The range for the available amount of almonds shows that this statement isSchool appropriate Of only up to 6583 pounds of almonds. Thus for each additional pound purchased the profit would Graduate increase Studies at a rate of $8.50 only for 583 pounds. Increases above this level would not necessarily be beneficial. Also the dual price for walnuts enabled us to conclude that for each additional pound purchased the profit would increase at a rate of $1.50. The range for the available amount of walnuts shows that this statement is appropriate only up to 7750 pounds of walnuts. Thus for each additional pound purchased the profit would increase at a rate of $1.50 only for 250 pounds. Increases above this level would not necessarily be beneficial. Also note that the dual price of -.175 for the pounds of Holiday Mix suggested the desire to reduce the production/customer orders of this mix. The range of feasibility for this constraint shows that the customer orders could be reduced to zero and the value of reduction would be at the rate of $.18 per pound. Although keep in mind this software package for linear programming models considers only one change at a time. Thus these are only suggestions not necessarily changes that need to be made.
Summary
To maximize TJs profit over the fall season, we used a linear programming model to decide how many pounds of Regular Mix, Deluxe Mix, and Holiday Mix they should produce. We declared the decision variables as follows: R = pounds of Regular Mix D = pounds of Deluxe Mix H = pounds of Holiday Mix The objective function as: 1.65R + 2.00D + 2.25H + 36450. And the constraints as: 1R 1D 1H .15R .25R .25R .25R .10R + + + + + .20D .20D .20D .20D .20D + + + + + .25H .15H .15H .20H .25H > > > < < < < < 10000 3000 5000 6000 7500 7500 7500 6000 Regular Mix produced Deluxe Mix produced Holiday Mix Produced Almonds available Brazil Nuts available Filberts available Pecans available Walnuts available
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Using the software package, The Management Scientist, to solve the linear programming model we came up with following optimal decisions. The pounds produced should be 17500 of Regular Mix, 10625 of Deluxe Mix, and 5000 of Holiday Mix. Other suggestions were to purchase more almonds and walnuts and to reduce the pounds of Holiday Mix produced.
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