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Linear Programming Cases

The document discusses several linear programming problems involving production planning, including determining optimal product mixes, resource allocation for sugar production across two plants, and warehouse location and staffing optimization for a call center to meet fluctuating demand. It seeks recommendations on modeling and solving these issues using linear programming techniques.

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Linear Programming Cases

The document discusses several linear programming problems involving production planning, including determining optimal product mixes, resource allocation for sugar production across two plants, and warehouse location and staffing optimization for a call center to meet fluctuating demand. It seeks recommendations on modeling and solving these issues using linear programming techniques.

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Linear Programming

Petroleum Blending
We have two types of crudes that can be blended to form
premium and regular type of petrol. This can be done by two
processes. The output depends on the number of times each
process is run.
The requirements and outputs for each of the two processes for
each run
Production Process
A company produces three products X, Y and Z, which sell in
market at price Rs 100/-, 105/- and 115/- per unit
respectively. Total demand for these products in market is
known to be at least 300, 200 and 400 units respectively.

These products require four different raw-materials. Raw


material quant

Company has fixed administrative cost of Rs. 20000/- and it


requires to spend Rs 5/- per unit as distribution cost to sell
one unit in the market.

What should we do?


Sugar Production
We own a sugar processing company that operates two plants at
Nagpur and Pune. Sugarcane is procured from different regions
in the surrounding areas and the maximum availability in each
region is

Note: 1 Ton = 1000 kg


Warehousing and Distribution Planning

We own MHCS, a handloom cooperative society in Maharashtra is


responsible for marketing, distribution and sales of handlooms
cooperatives in the state. MHCS collects from cooperatives all
over the state and sells them in the neighbouring states. It
has recently opened warehouses to handle the consolidation and
distribution of merchandise. The warehouses are located in
Nagpu
What should we do?

In the above problem the warehouses are not setup and we need
to setup those too. Each warehouse can handle 400 Pallets. The
cost of setting up a warehouse at each of the location is
given below (In Rupees Cro
What should we do?
Call Centre Scheduling
We are consulting for a call centre based out of Kahinaipur.
It specialises in insurance. The company has to schedule the
employees as per the demand. The company knows how many
personnel are required for a given call volume. The call
volume keeps fluctuating throughout the day and the company
for
The employees would come and join at the start of any slot,
but would continue for 8 hours (2 slots). We have to assist
the call centre in manpower planning and scheduling.
What should we do?

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