Clothco Clothing Company
Clothco Cloth Company is capable of manufacturing three types of
clothing: shirts, shorts, and pants. The manufature of each type of
clothing requires that Clothco have the appropriate type of machinery
available. The mahinery needed to manufacture each type of clothing
must be rented at the following rates: shirt machinery, $200 per week;
shorts machinery, $150 per week; pants machinery, $100 per week. The
manufacture of each type of clothing also requires the amount of
cloth and labor, and has the sales price and variable cost shown
below. Each week 150 hours of labor and 160 sq. yd. of cloth are
avilable.
Formulate an IP to maximize Clothco's weekly profits.
Clothing | Labor (hours)
| Cloth (sq. yd.)
| Sales Price
| Variable Cost
| Shirt | 3 | 4 | $12 | $6 |
Shorts | 2 | 3 | $8 | $4 |
Pants | 6 | 4 | $15 | $8 |