A company plans to assign 5 salesmen to 5 districts in which it operates. Estimates of sales revenue in thousands of birr for each salesman in different districts are given in the following table. In your opinion, what should be the placement of the salesmen if the objective is to maximize the expected sales revenue? Salesman S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 D1 40 48 49 30 37 D2 46 32 35 46 41 District D3 48 36 41 49 48 D4 36 29 38 44 43 D5 48 44 454447

A company plans to assign 5 salesmen to 5 districts in which it operates. Estimates of sales revenue in thousands of birr for each salesman in different districts are given in the following table. In your opinion, what should be the placement of the salesmen if the objective is to maximize the expected sales revenue? Salesman S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 D1 40 48 49 30 37 D2 46 32 35 46 41 District D3 48 36 41 49 48 D4 36 29 38 44 43 D5 48 44 454447

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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