Additional Problems (for Practice)

sourced from the book Quantitative Methods in Business by Anderson et.al.:

1.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)
Model Cutting&Sewing Finishing Packaging&Shipping Profit/Glove
Regular model 1 ½ 1/8 $5
Catcher’s model 3/2 1/3 ¼ $8
Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution ,answer the
following:
a.)What is the linear programming model for this problem?
b.)Find the optimal solution using the simplex method. How many gloves of each model should Kelson
manufacture?
c.)What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities?

Ans. Kelson Inc. must produce 500 Regular gloves and 150 Catcher’s gloves to maximize profit of
$3700 ( the student is referred to the power point slide presentation as guide)

sourced from the book Quantitative Approaches to Management by Levin et.al. :

2. The Central City Manufacturing Company produces two types of toy model cars,the Stanley Steamer
and the Model T. Three machines are required to produce each type; these machines are classified as
X,Y and Z. Each Stanley Steamer requires 7 minutes of process time on machine X, 4 minutes on machine
Y, and 10 minutes on machine Z. Model T requires 4 minutes on X,15 minutes on Y, and 16 minutes on
Z.Each day,there are 420 minutes available on machine X,600 minutes on machine Y, and 840 minutes
on machine Z.The variable costs are $10 per unit for the Stanley Steamer and $14 per unit for the Model
T.Stanley Steamer sells at a price of $18 per model,whereas Model T sells for $24 per model.The
company’s fixed cost are $180 per day.Determine the daily production rates for the models which will
maximize the profit.

Ans. The Company must manufacture 46 Stanley Steamer toy cars and 23 Model T toy cars to
maximize daily profit of $418.