Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Nurses Needed/Day 5 4 3 3 3 4 6
Salary&Benefits/Nurse/Day: 320 240 240 240 240 240 320
 Daily Schedule Number of Employees/D
Schedule Days off Employees Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
A Sun, Mon 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
B Mon, Tues 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
C Tues, Wed 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
D Wed, Thurs 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
E Thurs, Fri 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
F Fri, Sat 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
G Sat, Sun 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

Nurses Scheduled/Day: 0
We have to meet this requirement. -> Nurses Needed/Day: 5

Salary&Benefits/Nurse-Day: 320
Total Salary & Benefits/Day: 0

We have to minimize this Cost. -> Salary & Benefits/Week: $0

For trial and error solutions, fill/change values in cells C3 to C9 with number of nurses that you w
corresponding schedules in Cells A2 to A9 and see the corresponding cost in the cell M17.

For optimal solution, in latest editions of Microsoft Excel: Data->Solver->Solve

In previous editions, Tools->Solver->Solve
(If you do not see solver, please install Solver add-in. It is part of Excel but you might not have installed it.)
 Number of Employees/Day
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3 3 3 4 6 28

240 240 240 240 240 320

0 0 0 0 0 0

mber of nurses that you want to assign to

ost in the cell M17.

olver->Solve

not have installed it.)