Operations and Supply Chain Management 9th edition
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ISBN: 9781119320975
Author: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor III
Publisher: WILEY
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The case deals about a tile company, which is Company M that produces two basic types of tile for sunrooms, kitchens, home bathrooms. The tiles will be produced in batches that contain 100 tiles. Larger tiles will take 18 minutes to mold the batch and the smaller tiles will take 15 minutes. The case further deals with the profits earned, the pounds required, and time taken to produce the tiles.
To solve: The linear programming model using excel.
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