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 Wyndor Glass Co. Product-Mix Problem

• Company: Wyndor Glass Company

• Business: High quality glass products
• Synopsis:
• Three plants produce components of products:
• Plant 1: Aluminum frames & hardware
• Plant 2: Wood frames
• Plant 3: Glass production & assembly
• Two new products to be developed
• 8-foot glass door with aluminum framing
• 4-foot X 6 foot double-hung, wood-framed window

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 Wyndor Glass Co. Product-Mix Problem
• Decisions:
• Should the company launch these two new products?
• What should be the product mix (units produced per week of each)?

• Objective:
• Maximize profit.

• Decision Variables:
• Amount to produce of each product

• Parameters:
• Production capacity of each plant
• Production capacity needed by each product at each plant
• Profit from each product

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 Questions:
1. Use the graphical method to solve the linear programming problem for
Wyndor Co.
2. Draw the constraint boundary line for each functional constraint.
3. Find the feasible region after calculating the representing points for all
constraints.
4. Calculate the profit for all constraints and identify the optimal solutions
5. Should they go ahead with launching these two new products?
6. If so, what should be the product mix?

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