Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a
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Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. The firm has 400 hours of production time available In its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 200 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table: Assuming mat the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following: (a) What is the linear programming model for this problem? If required, round your answers to 3 decimal places or enter your answers as a fraction. Let R = number of units of regular model. C = number of units of catcher's model. (b) Develop a spreadsheet model and find the optimal solution using Solver. How many gloves of each model should Kelson manufacture? Regular Model = units Catcher's Model = units (c) What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities? (d) How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department? (e) What is the slack time in each department?Explanation / Answer
(a) Max : 5R + 7C
s.t.
1/8R + 1/2 C <= 400
1R + 1/2 C <= 300
1/2 R + 3/2 C <= 200
R,C >= 0
(b) by using solver , i got values
Regular Model = 280 units
Cathcer's Model = 40 units
(c) total profit = 280 * 5 + 40 * 7 =$ 1680
(d) Time taken
Cutting and sewing = 55 hours
Finishing = 300 Hours
Packing and shiping = 200 Hours
(e) Slact time in each department
Cutting and sewing = 300 - 55 = 245 hours
Finishing = 0 Hours
Packing and shiping = 0 Hours
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