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Case Study: Scottsville Textile Mill

The document provides instructions for Assignment 1, which involves using linear programming in Excel to solve an optimization problem for the Scottsville Textile Mill case study. Students are expected to clearly define variables, mathematically formulate the problem with constraints explained, provide assumptions, explain Excel outputs, discuss and interpret results, and submit a soft copy of their Excel solution. Organization, clarity, comprehensiveness, and including the Excel file will also be evaluated.

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Case Study: Scottsville Textile Mill

The document provides instructions for Assignment 1, which involves using linear programming in Excel to solve an optimization problem for the Scottsville Textile Mill case study. Students are expected to clearly define variables, mathematically formulate the problem with constraints explained, provide assumptions, explain Excel outputs, discuss and interpret results, and submit a soft copy of their Excel solution. Organization, clarity, comprehensiveness, and including the Excel file will also be evaluated.

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Assignment1(IndividualAssignment)
25%MarksDuedate:9July2012(nowordlimit)
CaseStudy:ScottsvilleTextileMill
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This task will relate to analytical skills in solving optimisation problem (linear programming)
using Excel with Solver add-in.
ScottsvilleTextileMill
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Case fromAnderson, D., Sweeney D., Williams T., Martin, K. (2010), An Introduction to Management Science Quantitative Approaches
to Decision Making, 13 edition, South Western, Cengage.

Assessment Criteria
Studentshould
Clearlydefineallvariables.
Mathematicallyformulatetheproblemwithclearexplanationforeachconstraint.
provideallassumption,ifany
provideexplanationforExceloutputs.
Discussandinterprettheresults.

Thefollowingcriteriawillalsobeconsidered:
Organizationofthereport.
Clarityofpresentationandthesequenceofthetopics
Comprehensivenessofthediscussion.
Studentmustsubmitthesoftversionoftheexcelsolution.

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