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Problems on Goal Programming

1. A firm manufacturers two products. Each product requires time in two production
departments. Product 1 requires 20 hours in department -1 and 10 hours in department-2.
Product 2 requires 10 hours in department -1 and 10 hours in department-2. Production time
is limited in departments as 160 and 140 hours respectively. Contribution to profits by two
products is 40 and 80 respectively. Management has established the following goal priorities:

Priority 1: To meet production goals of 2 units of each product.

Priority 2: to earn profit of 4000. Formulate the goal programming problem.

2. A company produces two kinds of products A and B. Production of either A or B requires 3


hours of production capacity in the plant. The plant has a maximum production capacity of 30
hours per week to manufacture these two products and has set the following goals arranged
in the order of importance.

Goal 1: To avoid any underutilization of product ion capacity.

Goal 2: To limit the overtime to 5 hours.

Goal 3: To minimize the overtime operations of the plant as much as possible. Formulate
the problem as goal programming.

3. An office equipment manufactures produces two kinds of products A and B. Production of


either A or B requires 1 hour of production capacity in the plant. The plant has a maximum
production capacity of 10 hours per day. The gross margin from the sale of a product A is 180
and 140 for a product B. Formulate a goal programming model if the goal of the office is to
earn a profit of 600 per day.
4. Formulate a goal programming model given in problem 3 with the following equally ranked
goals.
G1: To earn a profit of 800 per day
G2: Because of the limited sales capacity the maximum number of A and B that can be sold
are 6 and 8 per day respectively.

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