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Profitability Optimization Examples

iCTO. Profitability Optimization Examples. Thank you and welcome. Linear Programming (LP) Modeling Application in manufacturing And marketing By M . Dadfar, PhD. iCTO. First example.

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Profitability Optimization Examples

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  1. iCTO Profitability Optimization Examples Thank you and welcome Linear Programming (LP) Modeling Application in manufacturing And marketing By M. Dadfar, PhD

  2. iCTO First example • The problem: A toy manufacturing company needs to know how to optimize weekly profit of making two different toys: wooden Soldier and Train. Information at hand: • Each soldier built: • Sells for $27 and uses $10 worth of raw materials. • Increases variable labor/overhead costs by $14. • Requires 2 hours of finishing labor. • Requires 1 hour of carpentry labor. • At most 40 soldiers are bought each week. • Each train built: • Sells for $21 and used $9 worth of raw materials. • Increases variable labor/overhead costs by $10. • Requires 1 hour of finishing labor. • Requires 1 hour of carpentry labor. • Demand for trains are unlimited. • Each week the company can obtain: • All needed raw material. • Only 100 finishing hours. • Only 80 carpentry hours. A mathematical model to maximize weekly profit (revenues – expenses) is needed

  3. iCTO Calculations x1 = number of soldiers produced each week x2 = number of trains produced each week Weekly revenue = 27x1 + 21x2 Weekly raw material costs = 10x1 + 9x2 Weekly variable costs = 14x1 + 10x2 Profit = Revenue - Raw material costs - Variable costs Weekly profit = (27x1 + 21x2) – (10x1 + 9x2) – (14x1 + 10x2 ) = 3x1 + 2x2

  4. iCTO Constrains The objective is to chose x1 and x2 to maximize 3x1 + 2x2. But this can not be achieved by simply increasing X1 and X2. The values of x1 and x2 are limited by the following three constraints: Constraint 1 Each week, no more than 100 hours of finishing time may be used. Constraint 2 Each week, no more than 80 hours of carpentry time may be used. Constraint 3 Because of limited demand, at most 40 soldiers should be produced. These three constraints can be expressed mathematically by the following equations: Constraint 1: 2 x1 + x2 ≤ 100 Constraint 2: x1 + x2 ≤ 80 Constraint 3: x1 ≤ 40

  5. iCTO The Model This is the Optimization model of the problem Max, z = 3x1 + 2x2 (objective function) Subject to (constraints): 2 x1 + x2 ≤ 100 (finishing constraint) x1 + x2 ≤ 80 (carpentry constraint) x1≤ 40 (constraint on demand for soldiers) x1≥ 0 (can’t be negative) x2 ≥ 0 (can’t be negative)

  6. iCTO Finding the Feasible Solution Since this example of LP has two variables, it may be solved graphically. The feasible region is the set of all points satisfying the constraints. For example x1 = 40 and x2 = 20 are in the feasible region but x1 = 15, x2 = 70 is not in the feasible region since15 + 70 is not less than or equal to 80. Constraints 2 x1 + x2 ≤ 100 (finishing constraint) x1 + x2 ≤ 80 (carpentry constraint) x1 ≤ 40 (demand constraint) x1 ≥ 0 (can’t be negative) x2 ≥ 0 (can’t be negative) A graph of the constraints and feasible region is shown on the next slide.

  7. iCTO LP Graph The set of points satisfying the LP is bounded by the five sided polygon DGFEH. Any point on or in the interior of this polygon is in the feasible region.

  8. iCTO Solution The optimal solution must be an extreme point of the feasible region. For this example, Maximum weekly profit occurs at point G where: x1 = 20, x2 = 60 Max z = $180.

  9. iCTO Second example, a marketing problem • The company believes that its most likely customers are high-income women and men. • To reach these groups, the CEO has embarked on an ambitious TV advertising campaign and has decide to purchase one minute commercial spots on two type of programs: comedy shows and football games. How to maximize viewers with minimized cost?

  10. iCTO Marketing problem Data • Each comedy commercial is seen by 7 million high income women and 2 million high-income men. • Each football game is seen by 2 million high-income women and 12 million high-income men. • A 1-minute comedy ad costs $50,000 and • a 1-minute football ad costs $100,000. • The company likes for commercials to be seen by at least 28 million high-income women and 24 million high-income men. • We use LP to determine how they can meet its advertising requirements at minimum cost.

  11. iCTO Problem Formulation The decision variables are: x1 = number of 1-minute comedy ads x2 = number of 1-minute football ads Min Cost; z = 50x1 + 100x2 (objective function in $1,000) 7x1 + 2x2 ≥ 28 (high-income women) 2x1 + 12x2 ≥ 24 (high-income men) x1, x2 ≥ 0 (non-negativity constraints) A graph of the feasible area is show on the next slide.

  12. iCTO LP Graph Like the first example LP, This LP has a convex feasible region. However, it contains points for which the value of at least one variable can assume arbitrarily large values. The feasible region is not bounded.

  13. iCTO Optimal Solution Since the company wants to minimize total advertising costs, the optimal solution to the problem is the point in the feasible region with the smallest z-value; point E and it is the optimal solution: x1 = 3.6 x2 = 1.4

  14. iCTO Violations? If only 1-minute commercials are available, it is unreasonable to say 3.6 comedy and 1.4 football commercials should be purchased. So, the Divisibility Assumption has been violated, and the Dorian LP should, in reality, be considered as an integer programming model problem. Since there is no way of knowing with certainty of how many viewers are added with each type of commercial, the Certainty Assumption is also violated. Resolving violations is not in the scope of this presentation. We have used similar models to help companies determine their optimal media mix.

  15. iCTO Conclusion We all use calculators and computers without knowing what is going on inside these devices, we don’t need to know, all we need is to “Use” them. The decision makers in the above two examples may not have any idea of what Linear Programming (LP) Modeling is –they don’t need to. It is the CTO’s job to solve the problem and provide them with results, and that is what we do. Ideal CTO, 2012 www.idealcto.com

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