Canners
Case Study
Red Brand Canners
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Summary
Context ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Purpose of the document ................................................................................................................................. 3
Cooper’s solution .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Myers’ solution ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Our Solution ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Demand constraints .......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Tomatoes availability constraints ...................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Quality constraints............................................................................................................................ 6
1.4 Non-negativity constraints ................................................................................................................ 6
1.5 Optimal solution ............................................................................................................................... 6
Comparison between the three solutions ......................................................................................................... 7
Whether or not to buy additional tomatoes ..................................................................................................... 7
Appendix A