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Krappy Kraft Beer Inc. has two breweries in BC, with monthly capacities and production costs as...

Krappy Kraft Beer Inc. has two breweries in BC, with monthly capacities and production costs as follows:

Brewery 1: Capacity/month = 10,000 six-packs; Cost per six-pack = $1.60

Brewery 2: Capacity/month = 9500 six-packs; Cost per six-pack = $1.80

The product is channeled through 4 different distributors. Bart’s Beer is so popular that all stock that can be brewed is quickly purchased by the distributors, but the distributors can only handle a certain amount of product per month. Also, each distributor is willing to pay a different amount per six-pack to Bart:

Distributor Capacity/month

Distributor A: Capacity/month = 8500; Price per six-pack = $10.75

Distributor B: Capacity/month = 4500; Price per six-pack = $9.95

Distributor C: Capacity/month = 5500; Price per six-pack = $11.00

Distributor D: Capacity/month = 6500; Price per six-pack = $10.50


Bart’s Beer Inc. has to pay the cost of shipping to the 4 distributors. The shipping cost per six-pack from the breweries to distributors is as follows:

Brewery 1: A = $1.00; B = $1.15; C = $1.85; D = $2.00

Brewery 2: A = $0.65; B = $.75; C = $1.50; D = $1.75

Formulate an LP model that will enable Bart’s Beer to maximize its profits each month.

Complete the following:

  1. a) Develop the Transportation Network.

  2. b) Formulate the problem into proper LP format.

  3. c) Use Solver to determine the optimal solution. State the optimal solution in the context of the business

    problem.

Solutions

Expert Solution

Objective Function (Z) = Profit = Revenue - Production Cost - Transportation Costs

Variables = Production shipped to each distributor

Revenue = Sales to each distributor x Price

Production Cost = Production at Brewery 1 x 1.6 + Production at Brewery 2 x 1.8

Transportation Cost = Product shipped to each location x transportaiton cost

Following is the snapshot of the excel I created for the problem  

Brewery A B C D
1 10000           1.60 8500 4500 5500 6500
2 9500           1.80         10.75           9.95         11.00         10.50
Sales A B C D
1 5443 0 3557 1000 10000
2 3057 4500 1943 0 9500
8500 4500 5500 1000
Revenue 207150
Tpt Cost
1           1.00           1.15           1.85           2.00          14,023
2           0.65           0.75           1.50           1.75            8,277
Prod Cost
1 16000
2 17100
Profit 151750

The optimal solution is as given below

Sales A B C D
1 5443 0 3557 1000 10000
2 3057 4500 1943 0 9500
8500 4500 5500 1000

The interpretation is that Brewery 1 should make 10000 units and ship 5443 to A, 3557 to B and 1000 to D. Similar it goes for Brewery 2 as well

Answer Report

Cell Name Original Value Final Value
$F$18 Profit A 151750 151750
Cell Name Original Value Final Value Integer
$F$7 A 5443 5443 Integer
$G$7 B 0 0 Integer
$H$7 C 3557 3557 Integer
$I$7 D 1000 1000 Integer
$F$8 A 3057 3057 Integer
$G$8 B 4500 4500 Integer
$H$8 C 1943 1943 Integer
$I$8 D 0 0 Integer
Cell Name Cell Value Formula Status Slack
$F$9 A 8500 $F$9<=$F$3 Binding 0
$G$9 B 4500 $G$9<=$G$3 Binding 0
$H$9 C 5500 $H$9<=$H$3 Binding 0
$I$9 D 1000 $I$9<=$I$3 Not Binding 5500
$J$7 10000 $J$7<=$C$3 Binding 0
$J$8 9500 $J$8<=$C$4 Binding 0
$F$7=Integer
$F$8=Integer
$G$7=Integer
$G$8=Integer
$H$7=Integer
$H$8=Integer
$I$7=Integer
$I$8=Integer

I am not getting Sensitivyt report. However, I can answer the questions

i) Interpret the meaning of the shadow price for the monthly production capacity limitation of Brewery #2

Shadow price means that by chancing the capacity by 1 units, how much will the ouput change by

ii. Interpret the meaning of the reduced cost for shipping six-packs from Brewery 1 to Distributor D. (2 marks)

By reducing the cost of shipping from Brewery 1 to D, we can increase the product shipped to D instead of B as D is getting more profit than B

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