In: Operations Management
EXCEL EXAMPLE PLEASE
A group of people is to be assembled into a team for a project. Their supervisors have provided the following information about them. (10 points)
Name |
Training Time Needed |
Project Time Available |
Andrews |
8 hours |
24 hours |
Bailey |
10 hours |
40 hours |
Chu |
5 hours |
20 hours |
Darnell |
12 hours |
30 hours |
Elliott |
9 hours |
24 hours |
Fenton |
14 hours |
48 hours |
The task is to select the members of the team to minimize training time needed. The constrains are as follows:
i. The project will require at least 112 hours.
ii. Andrews and Chu don't get along and should not both be assigned.
iii. For diversity, at least 4 people should be on the team.
iv. If Bailey is chosen, Elliott should be chosen also.
Using Excel, solve the above integer programming problem.
This is solved through Excel solver and sharing below formulae used and reasoning behind.
Criteria used: Training time set to minimize objective