Operations Research Assignments

1. A company has two grades of inspector 1 and 2 who are to be assigned to a quality inspection work. It is required that at least 1800 pieces are inspected per 8 hour day. Grade 1 inspectors can check pieces at the rate of 2 per hour with an accuracy of !8". Grade 2 inspectors can check at the rate of 1 pieces per hour with an accuracy of ! ". #he wage rate for grade 1 inspector is $s.%0 per hour while that of grade 2 is $s.&0 per hour. 'ach time an error is caused by the inspector the cost to the company is $s.20. #he company has eight grade 1 and ten grade 2 inspector. #he company wants to determine wants to determine the optimal assignment of Inspectors to minimi(e total inspection cost. )ormulate the *++ and sol,e using graphical method.

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2. A cold drinks company has two bottling plants located at two different places. 'ach plant produces three different drinks A/ 1 and 2. #he capacities of two plants / in number of bottles per day as follows +roduct A +lant I +lant II &000 1000 +roduct 1 1000 1000 +roduct 2 2000 3000

A market sur,ey indicates that during any particular month there will be a demand of 2%/000 bottles of A4 13/000 bottles of 14 and %8/000 bottles of 2. #he operating costs/ per day/ of running plants I and II are respecti,ely 300 monetary units and %00 monetary units. 5ow many days should the company run each plant during the month so that the production cost is minimi(ed while still meeting the market demand6 7se graphical method.

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&. A consumer durable manufacturer has potential market for two products A and 1. In the production shop he finds that two of his machine 81 and 82 which are necessary for the products A and 1 are ha,ing limited capacity. #he following table gi,es the machine hours a,ailable.

+roduct A 1 A,ailable

8achine 1 & % &3

8achine 2 2 1 13

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#he costing section has arri,ed at the contribution of A as $s. &0 per piece and of 1 as $s. 0 per piece. #he sales di,ision has indicated that they can sell any amount of A abut only 10 units of 1. )ind out the best manufacturing strategy.

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%. A farmer has to plant trees of two kinds A and 1 in a land measuring %/%00 m2 in area. :A; tree requires at least 2 m 2 and :1; requires at least %0 m2 of land. #he annual water requirement of A is &0 units and of 1 is 1 units per tree/ while at most &/&00 units of water is a,ailable. It is also estimated that the ratio of the number of 1 trees to the number of A trees should not be less than 3<1! and should not be more than 10<8 .#he return per tree from A trees is e=pected to be 1. the e=pected return. times as much of as from 1 trees. )ormulate the problem and sol,e graphically in order to ma=imi(e

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. A rubber company is engaged in producing three different kinds of tyres A/ 1 and 2. #hese three different tyres are produced at the company;s two different production capacities. In a >ormal 8 hour working day/ +lant I produces 100/ 200 and 200 tyres of A/ 1 and 2 respecti,ely while plant II produces 120/ 120 and %00 tyres of A/ 1 and 2 respecti,ely. #he monthly demand of for tyre A/ 1 and 2 is /0004 3/000 and 1%/000 units respecti,ely. #he daily cost of operation of +lant I and +lant II are $s. 000 and $s.0000 respecti,ely. )ind the minimum number of days of operation per

month at two different plants to minimi(e the total cost while meeting the demand.