Winkler Furniture manufactures two different types of china cabinets: a French Provincial model and a Danish Modern model. Each cabinet produced must go through three departments: carpentry, painting, and finishing. The table on this page contains all relevant information concerning production times per cabinet produced and production capacities for each operation per day, along with net revenue per unit produced. The firm has a contract with an Indiana distributor to produce a minimum of 300 of each cabinet per week (or 60 cabinets per day). Owner Bob Winkler would like to determine a product mix to maximize his daily revenue.Use Solver to solve the problem. You need to have one Excel sheet with the problem setup  and another sheet with Solver solution

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Winkler Furniture manufactures two different types of china cabinets: a French Provincial model and a Danish Modern model. Each cabinet produced must go through three departments: carpentry, painting, and finishing. The table on this page contains all relevant information concerning production times per cabinet produced and production capacities for each operation per day, along with net revenue per unit produced. The firm has a contract with an Indiana distributor to produce a minimum of 300 of each cabinet per week (or 60 cabinets per day). Owner Bob Winkler would like to determine a product mix to maximize his daily revenue.Use Solver to solve the problem. You need to have one Excel sheet with the problem setup  and another sheet with Solver solution

CABINET STYLE
French Provincial
Danish Modern
Department capacity (hours)
CARPENTRY
(HOURS/
CABINET)
3
2
360
INVESTMENT
Los Angeles municipal bonds
Thompson Electronics, Inc.
United Aerospace Corp.
Palmer Drugs
Happy Days Nursing Homes
PAINTING
(HOURS/
CABINET)
1.5
1
200
FINISHING
(HOURS/
CABINET)
0.75
0.75
125
NET REVENUE/
CABINET ($)
5.3
6.8
4.9
8.4
11.8
28
25
PROJECTED RATE
OF RETURN (%)
Transcribed Image Text:CABINET STYLE French Provincial Danish Modern Department capacity (hours) CARPENTRY (HOURS/ CABINET) 3 2 360 INVESTMENT Los Angeles municipal bonds Thompson Electronics, Inc. United Aerospace Corp. Palmer Drugs Happy Days Nursing Homes PAINTING (HOURS/ CABINET) 1.5 1 200 FINISHING (HOURS/ CABINET) 0.75 0.75 125 NET REVENUE/ CABINET ($) 5.3 6.8 4.9 8.4 11.8 28 25 PROJECTED RATE OF RETURN (%)
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