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Problem 4-19 (Algorithmic)
The Silver Star Bicycle Company will be manufacturing both men’s and women’s models of its Easy-Pedal 10-speed bicycles during the next two months. Management wants to develop a production schedule indicating how many bicycles of each model should be produced in each month. Current demand forecasts call for 150 men’s and 125 women’s models to be shipped during the first month and 220 men’s and 170 women’s models to be shipped during the second month. Additional data are shown:
Production | Labor Requirements (hours) | Current | ||
Model | Costs | Manufacturing | Assembly | Inventory |
Men's | $120 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 20 |
Women's | $90 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 30 |
Last month the company used a total of 1000 hours of labor. The company’s labor relations policy will not allow the combined total hours of labor (manufacturing plus assembly) to increase or decrease by more than 100 hours from month to month. In addition, the company charges monthly inventory at the rate of 2% of the production cost based on the inventory levels at the end of the month. The company would like to have at least 25 units of each model in inventory at the end of the two months.
Inventory Schedule | ||
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Month 1 | Men's | Women's |
Month 2 | Men's | Women's |
Labor Levels | |
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Previous month | hours |
Month 1 | hours |
Month 2 | hours |
Decision variables:
x11 = number of men's model produced in month 1
x21 = number of women's model produced in month 1
x12 = number of men's model produced in month 2
x22 = number of women's model produced in month 2
y11 = inventory of men's model at the end of month 1
y12 = inventory of women's model at the end of month 1
y12 = inventory of men's model at the end of month 2
y22 = inventory of women's model at the end of month 2
Labour hours per unit of men's model = manufacturing hours per unit + assembly hours per unit
= 2.2 + 1.3 = 3.5 hrs per unit
Labour hours per unit of women's model = manufacturing hours per unit + assembly hours per unit
= 1.5 + 1.1 = 2.6 hrs per unit
Minimize: Total production costs + Total inventory costs
= Production cost per unit*(Men's model produced in months 1 & 2) + 2%*production costs*(Men's model inventory in months 1 & 2) + Production cost per unit*(Women's model produced in months 1 & 2) + 2%*production costs*(Women's model inventory in months 1 & 2)
= 120*(x11 + x12) + 2.40*(y11 + y12) + 90*(x21 + x22) + 1.80*(y21 + y22)
Constraints:
1). 20 + x11 - y11 = 150 or x11 - y11 = 130 (Demand for men's model in month 1)
2). 30 + x21 - y21 = 125 or x 21 - y11 = 95 (Demand for women's model in month 1)
3). y11 + x12 - y12 = 220 (Demand for men's model in month 2)
4). y21 + x22 -y22 = 170 (Demand for women's model in month 2)
5). y12 >= 25 (inventory in month 2 has to be at least 25 units)
6). y22 >= 25 (inventory in month 2 has to be at least 25 units)
7). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 <= 1100 (labour hours constraint for month 1)
8). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 >= 900 (labour hours constraint for month 2)
9). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 - 3.50*x12 - 2.60*x22 <= 100 (difference in labor hours has to be at most 100)
10). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 - 3.50*x12 - 2.60*x22 >= -100 (difference in labor hours has to be at most 100)
11). x11, x12, x21, x22, y11, y12, y21, y22 >= 0
Solving this LP, we get:
Number of models produced | ||
Month 1 | Month 2 | |
Men | 210 | 165 |
Women | 95 | 195 |
Inventory | ||
Month 1 | Month 2 | |
Men | 80 | 25 |
Women | - | 25 |
Labor hours:
Month 1 | Month 2 | |
Men hours | 736.25 | 576.25 |
Women hours | 247.00 | 507.00 |
Total labor hours | 983.25 | 1,083.25 |
Total cost = 71,398
b). Change the hours constraints to 50:
7). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 <= 1050 (labour hours constraint for month 1)
8). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 >= 950 (labour hours constraint for month 2)
9). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 - 3.50*x12 - 2.60*x22 <= 50 (difference in labor hours has to be at most 50)
10). 3.50*x11 + 2.60*x21 - 3.50*x12 - 2.60*x22 >= -50 (difference in labor hours has to be at most 50)
Solving this, we get:
Number of models produced | ||
Month 1 | Month 2 | |
Men | 218 | 158 |
Women | 95 | 195 |
Inventory (Sij) | ||
Month 1 | Month 2 | |
Men | 88 | 25 |
Women | - | 25 |
Labor hours:
Month 1 | Month 2 | |
Men hours | 761.25 | 551.25 |
Women hours | 247.00 | 507.00 |
Total labour hours | 1,008.25 | 1,058.25 |
Total cost = 71,415
Cost increases by 71,415 - 71,398 = 17