6/28/2021 Problem Set E: UGBA 104-LEC-001A-Introduction to Business Analytics (Summer 2021)

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PART I

Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball

gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. The firm has 900 hours of
production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours
available in its finishing department, and 100 hours available in its
packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements
and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table:

Production Time (Hours)

Cutting and Packaging and

Model Sewing Finishing Shipping Profit/Glove
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Regular model 1 1/2 1/8 $5

Catcher's model 3/2 1/3 1/4 $8

Assume that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit

contribution.

Develop a linear optimization model and find the optimal solution.

Question 1 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many regular model gloves should Kelson manufacture?

500

Question 2 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many catcher model gloves should Kelson manufacture?

150

Question 3 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many hours of production time should be scheduled for the Cutting
& Sewing department?

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725

Question 4 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many hours of production time should be scheduled for the

Finishing department?

300

Question 5 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many hours of production time should be scheduled for the Packing
& Shipping department?

100

Question 6 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many hours of slack time for the Cutting & Sewing department?

175

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Question 7 1.2 / 1.2 pts

How many hours of slack time for the Packing & Shipping department?

PART II

Photon Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of batteries for mobile phones,

signed a contract with a large electronics manufacturer to produce three
models of lithium-ion battery packs for a new line of phones. The contract
calls for the following:

Battery Pack Production Quantity

PT-100 200,000

PT-200 100,000

PT-300 150,000

Photon Technologies can manufacture the battery packs at manufacturing

plants located in the Philippines and Mexico. The unit cost of the battery
packs differs at the two plants because of differences in production
equipment and wage rates. The unit costs for each battery pack at each
manufacturing plant are as follows:

Plant

Product Philippines Mexico

PT-100 $0.95 $0.98

PT-200 $0.98 $1.06

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PT-300 $1.34 $1.15

The PT-100 and PT-200 battery packs are produced using similar
production equipment available at both plants. However, each plant has a
limited capacity for the total number of PT-100 and PT-200 battery packs
produced. The combined PT-100 and PT-200 production capacities are
175,000 units at the Philippines plant and 160,000 units at the Mexico
plant. The PT-300 production capacities are 75,000 units at the
Philippines plant and 100,000 units at the Mexico plant. The cost of
shipping from the Philippines plant is $0.21 per unit, and the cost of
shipping from the Mexico plant is $0.08 per unit.

Develop a linear optimization model that Photon Technologies can use to

determine how many units of each battery pack to produce at each plant
to minimize the total production and shipping cost associated with the new
contract.

Hint:
There are 6 decision variables (how many of each product in each
location).
There are 3 "required" constraints (how many of each product).
There are 4 "limit" constraints (how many PT100&PT200 in each location,
how many PT300 in each location).

Question 8 1.5 / 1.5 pts

How many PT-100 units should be produced at the Philippines plant?

40,000

Question 9 1.5 / 1.5 pts

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How many PT-100 units should be produced at the Mexico plant?

160,000

Question 10 1.5 / 1.5 pts

How many PT-200 units should be produced at the Philippines plant?

100,000

Question 11 1.5 / 1.5 pts

How many PT-200 units should be produced at the Mexico plant?

Question 12 1.5 / 1.5 pts

How many PT-300 units should be produced at the Philippines plant?

50,000

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Question 13 1.5 / 1.5 pts

How many PT-300 units should be produced at the Mexico plant?

100,000

Question 14 1.6 / 1.6 pts

What is the minimum total cost?

(express answer in $)

535,500

PART III

The Westchester Chamber of Commerce periodically sponsors public

service seminars and programs. Currently, promotional plans are under
way for this year's program. Advertising alternatives include television,
radio, and online. Audience estimates, costs, and maximum media usage
limitations are as shown:

Constraint Television Radio Online

Audience per advertisement 100,000 16,000 35,000

Cost per advertisement $1,500 $250 $650

Maximum media usage 10 24 14

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To ensure a balanced use of advertising media, radio advertisements

must not exceed 50% of the total number of advertisements authorized. In
addition, television should account for at least 10% of the total number of
advertisements authorized.

The promotional budget is limited to $18,400. Westchester wants the

maximum total audience contact.

Question 15 1 / 1 pts

How many advertisements should be run on television?

10

Question 16 1 / 1 pts

How many advertisements should be run on radio?

11

Question 17 1 / 1 pts

How many advertisements should be run on online?

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Question 18 1 / 1 pts

How much of the budget should be allocated to television?

(express answer in $)

15,000

Question 19 1 / 1 pts

How much of the budget should be allocated to radio?

(express answer in $)

2,750

Question 20 1 / 1 pts

How much of the budget should be allocated to online?

(express answer in $)

650

PART IV

The Clark County Sheriff’s Department schedules officers for 8-hour

shifts. The beginning times for the shifts are 8:00 a.m., noon, 4:00 p.m.,

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8:00 p.m., midnight, and 4:00 a.m. An officer beginning a shift at one of
these times works for the next 8 hours. During normal weekday
operations, the number of officers needed varies depending on the time of
day. The department staffing guidelines require the following minimum
number of officers to be on duty:

Minimum No. of Officers on

Time of Day
Duty

8:00 a.m.–noon 7

Noon–4:00 p.m. 6

4:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. 10

8:00 p.m.–midnight 7

Midnight–4:00 a.m. 4

4:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. 6

Determine the number of police officers that should be scheduled to begin

the 8-hour shifts at each of the six times to minimize the total number of
officers required.

Hint: Let decision x1 = the number of officers beginning work at 8:00 a.m.,
decision x2 = the number of officers beginning work at noon, etc. Also,
note that the number of officers beginning work at some time is not
necessarily equal to the number of all the officers working during that time
period.

Question 21 8 / 8 pts

What is the minimum total number of officers required?

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PART V

Consider the following transportation network. The supplies, demands,

and transportation costs per unit are shown.

Develop a linear optimization model to determine a set of decisions that

satisfy demand with available supply and minimizes the total
transportation cost. Then develop an alternative linear optimization model
to determine a different set of decisions that still satisfy demand with
available supply and minimizes the total transportation cost.

Question 22 2 / 2 pts

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What is the minimum total transportation cost to satisfy demand with

available supply?
(Express answer in $)

540

Question 23 2 / 2 pts

At minimum total transportation cost, if Jefferson City transports 5 units to

Des Moines, then how many units must Jefferson City transport to Kansas
City?

15

Question 24 2 / 2 pts

At minimum total transportation cost, if Jefferson City transports 20 units

to Des Moines, then how many units must Jefferson City transport to
Kansas City?

PART VI

Photon Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of batteries for mobile phones,

signed a contract with a large electronics manufacturer to produce three
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models of lithium-ion battery packs for a new line of phones. The contract
calls for the following:

Battery Pack Production Quantity

PT-100 200,000

PT-200 100,000

PT-300 150,000

Photon Technologies can manufacture the battery packs at manufacturing

plants located in the Philippines and Mexico. The unit cost of the battery
packs differs at the two plants because of differences in production
equipment and wage rates. The unit costs for each battery pack at each
manufacturing plant are as follows:

Plant

Product Philippines Mexico

PT-100 $0.95 $0.98

PT-200 $0.98 $1.06

PT-300 $1.34 $1.15

The PT-100 and PT-200 battery packs are produced using similar
production equipment available at both plants. However, each plant has a
limited capacity for the total number of PT-100 and PT-200 battery packs
produced. The combined PT-100 and PT-200 production capacities are
175,000 units at the Philippines plant and 160,000 units at the Mexico
plant. The PT-300 production capacities are 75,000 units at the
Philippines plant and 100,000 units at the Mexico plant. The cost of
shipping from the Philippines plant is $0.21 per unit, and the cost of
shipping from the Mexico plant is $0.08 per unit.

Develop a linear optimization model with sensitivity analysis that Photon

Technologies can use to determine how many units of each battery pack

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to produce at each plant to minimize the total production and shipping

cost associated with the new contract.

Express your answers rounded to 2 decimal places.

Question 25 5 / 5 pts

Based on the optimization model, the production cost per unit of PT-100 in
the Philippines plant would have to decrease to __________ or lower to
make it attractive to produce additional units of the PT-100 in the
Philippines plant.

0.9

Question 26 5 / 5 pts

Based on the optimization model, the production cost per unit of PT-300 in
the Philippines plant would have to decrease to __________ or lower to
make it attractive to produce additional units of the PT-300 in the
Philippines plant. (Assume that the production cost per unit of PT-100 in
the Philippines is not decreased.)

1.02

PART VII

Vollmer Manufacturing makes three components for sale to refrigeration

companies. The components are processed on two machines: a shaper

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and a grinder. The times (in minutes) required on each machine are as
follows:

Component Shaper Grinder

1 6 4

2 4 5

3 4 2

The shaper is available for 120 hours, and the grinder for 110 hours. No
more than 200 units of component 3 can be sold, but up to 1,000 units of
each of the other components can be sold. The company already has
orders for 600 units of component 1 that must be satisfied. The profit
contributions for components 1, 2, and 3 are $8, $6, and $9, respectively.

Question 27 5 / 5 pts

What is the maximum possible profit?

(Express answer in $)

10,800

Question 28 1 / 1 pts

If one more unit of component 1 were required (all other requirements and
limits stay the same as in original model), then what would be the
maximum possible profit?
(Express answer in $)

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10,799

Question 29 1 / 1 pts

If 400 more units of component 1 were required (all other requirements

and limits stay the same as in original model), then what would be the
maximum possible profit?
(Express answer in $)

10,400

Question 30 1 / 1 pts

If component 3 were limited to 10 fewer units (all other requirements and

limits stay the same as in original model), then what would be the
maximum possible profit?
(Express answer in $)

10,770

Question 31 1 / 1 pts

If the shaper were available 2700 minutes less (all other requirements and
limits stay the same as in original model), then what would be the
maximum possible profit?
(Express answer in $)

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6,750

Question 32 1 / 1 pts

If the shaper were available 2900 minutes less (all other requirements and
limits stay the same as in original model), then what would be the
maximum possible profit?
(Express answer in $)

6,375

Quiz Score: 59 out of 59

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