| | X1 (Day TV) | X2 (Evening TV) | X3 (Daily Papers) | X4 (Sunday Papers) | X5 (Radio) | | | | RHS | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 kinds of Variables | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL |
| SOLUTIONS | 10 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 30 | | | | | | (A) | Marketing Plan | | | | | | | | | Slack Variables | | unused resource |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Day TV Ads | | | | | | | | Surplus Variables | | excess production | | | | | | | | | | (1) | Decision Variables |
| OBJECTIVES | 65 | 90 | 40 | 60 | 20 | | 2370 | | | | | 0 | Evening TV | | | | | | | | Shadow Price | | value of the objective |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | Daily Papers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X1 | Number of Daytime TV Ads |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Sunday Papers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X2 | Number of Nightime TV Ads |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | Radio | | | | | | | ex: | class has 50 seats | | | | | | | | | | | | | X3 | Number of Daily Papers Ads |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | but 4 empty seat in class | | | slack | | | | | | | | | | X4 | Number of Sunday Papers Ads |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Obtimal results of objective | | | 2370 | Exposure Units | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X5 | Number of Radio Ads |
| CONSTRAINTS | 1 | | | | | | 10 | | 15 |
| | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7:00 AM class | | | | | | | | | | | | (2) | Objectives |
| | | | 1 | | | | 25 | | 25 | | (B) | Is the entire advertising budget all utilized? | | | | | | | | | 8:15 AM |
| | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | class ends at 8:20 AM | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maximize | = 65X1 + 90X2 + 40X3 + 60X4 + 20X5 | | | | Expecting Exposure Units |
| | | | | | 1 | | 30 | | 30 | | | The entire ads budget of $30,000 is all utilized. (no mooney left = spend it all) | | | | | | | | | you get 5 more minute FREE of tuition | | | | surplus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A.C. Nielsen - Rating Company |
| | 1500 | 3000 | 400 | 1000 | 100 | | 30000 | | 30000 |
| | 1 | 1 | | | | | 10 | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (3) | Constraints |
| | 1500 | 3000 | | | | | 15000 | | 18000 | | ( C) | Does the plan satisfy the TV requirements? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Right Hand side (RHS) |
| | 1000 | 2000 | 1500 | 2500 | 300 | | 61500 | | 50000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X1 | | | | | ≤ | 15 | | (Daytime TV Ads) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The client's requirement of "at least 10 TV ads" is satisfied. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X2 | | | | ≤ | 10 | | (Evening TV Ads) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 Day TV Ads | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X3 | | | ≤ | 25 | | (Daily Papers Ads) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X4 | | ≤ | 4 | | (Sunday Papers Ads) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X5 | ≤ | 30 | | (Radio Ads) |
| always start CONSTRAINTS from 10 | | | | | | | | | | | (D) | Is the TV budget all used up? Any leftover money? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $1,500X1 | $3,000X2 | $400X3 | $1,000X4 | $100X5 | ≤ | $30,000 | | (Ad Budget) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | Tv |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X1 | X2 | | | | ≥ | 10 | | (TV Ads) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The TV budget of $18,000 is not all used up. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $1,500X1 | $3,000X2 | | | | ≤ | $18,000 | | (TV Budget) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Leftover money | | 3000 | slack variable | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,000X1 | 2,000X2 | 1,500X3 | 2,500X4 | 300X5 | ≥ | 50,000 | | (Families) |
| Microsoft Excel 16.0 Sensitivity Report | | | | | | | | | | | ( E) | How many potential families are reached? |
| Worksheet: [line programming.xlsx]Media |
| Report Created: 11/17/2021 11:08:24 PM | | | | | | | | | | | | 61500 | families are reached |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | What is the difference from our RHS? |
| Variable Cells | | | | | | | | | | | | what kind of variables would that be? |
| | | | Final | Reduced | Objective | Allowable | Allowable |
| | Cell | Name | Value | Cost | Coefficient | Increase | Decrease | | | | | difference | 11500 | families | surplus variable |
| | $B$2 | SOLUTIONS X1 (Day TV) | 10 | 0 | 65 | 25 | 65 |
| | $C$2 | SOLUTIONS X2 (Evening TV) | 0 | -65 | 90 | 65 | 1E+30 |
| | $D$2 | SOLUTIONS X3 (Daily Papers) | 25 | 0 | 40 | 1E+30 | 16 | | | | (F) | if extra funds are available, which media would you invest in? |
| | $E$2 | SOLUTIONS X4 (Sunday Papers) | 2 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 16.6666666667 | | | | | state your ranking |
| | $F$2 | SOLUTIONS X5 (Radio) | 30 | 0 | 20 | 1E+30 | 14 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Ranking | (from higher exposure units - least) |
| Constraints | | | | | | | | | | | best | (1) | Daily paper (shadow price of 16 exposure units) |
| | | | Final | Shadow | Constraint | Allowable | Allowable | | | | | (2) | Radio (shadow price of 14 exposure units) |
| | Cell | Name | Value | Price | R.H. Side | Increase | Decrease |
| | $H$10 | CONSTRAINTS | 10 | 0 | 15 | 1E+30 | 5 | | slack variable |
| | $H$11 | | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1E+30 | 10 |
| | $H$12 | | 25 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 5 | | daily paper has a shadow price of 16 exposure units |
| | $H$13 | | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1E+30 | 2 |
| | $H$14 | | 30 | 14 | 30 | 20 | 20 | | radio has a shadow price of 14 exposure units |
| | $H$15 | | 30000 | 0.06 | 30000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| | $H$16 | | 10 | -25 | 10 | 1.3333333333 | 1.3333333333 |
| | $H$17 | | 15000 | 0 | 18000 | 1E+30 | 3000 |
| | $H$18 | | 61500 | 0 | 50000 | 11500 | 1E+30 |