Optimal production plan, computer manufacturer. (Chapter Appendix) G0 minutes) Fiordi-Ligi, Srl, assembles and sells two products:

printers and desktop computers. Customers can purchase either

(a) a computer, or

(b) a computer plus a printer. The printers are not sold without the computer. The result is that the quantity of printers sold is equal to or less than the quantity of desktop computers sold. The contribution margins are EUR 200 per printer and EUR 100 per computer.

Each printer requires 6 hours assembly time on production line 1 and 10 hours assembly time on production line 2. Each computer requires 4 hours assembly time on production line 1 only. (Many of the components of each computer are preassembled by external vendors.) Production line 1 has 24 hours of available time per day. Production line 2 has 20 hours of available time per day.

Let X represent units of printers and Y represent units of desktop computers. The production manager must decide on the optimal mix of printers and computers to manufacture. mkuy52 REQUIRED 1. Express the production manager’s problem in an LP format.

2. Which combination of printers and computers will maximise the operating profit of Fiordi-Ligi? Use both the trial-and-error and the graphic approaches.