32. VANPOOLING. Logitech, a rapidly growing high-tech company located in suburba

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32. VANPOOLING. Logitech, a rapidly growing high-tech company located in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, has been encouraging its employees to carpool. These efforts have met with only moderate success, and now the company is setting aside up to S250,000 to purchase small- a van-pool program that will transport employees between various pickup points and company headquarters. Four models of vans and two models of minibuses are under consideration, as detailed in the following table. and medium-size vans and minibuses to establish Passenger Annual Maker Cost Capacity Maintenance Vans Nissarn Toyota Plymouth Ford (Stretch) U.S. $32,000 11 Japan S26,000 Japan S30,000 U.S. $24,000 5000 3500 6000 S 8000 Minibuses Mitsubishi General Motors U.S Japan $50,000 20 $60,000 7000 $11,000 24 Formulate and solve a vehicle purchase model for Logitech that will maximize the total passenger a. capacity of the fleet given that: Up to $250,000 will be spent on vehicles Annual maintenance cost should not exceed $50,000 Total number of vehicles purchased should not exceed eight. ° At least one minibus should be purchased. . At least three vans should be purchased. e At least half the vehicles should be made in the United States. b. Determine the optimal solution if the amount Logitech committed for vehicle purchase were: (i) $253,900; (ii) $254,000; iii) $249,900; (iv) $259,900; (v) $260,000. Comment. Characterize the problem if the amount Logitech committed to the program were $100,000 c.

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not sure of the subject.

seems like its not a part of operational management

Van polling logitech a rapidly growning company located in suburban bston massaachusetts

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