Operations and Supply Chain Management The Core

LINEAR PROGRAMMING USING THE EXCEL SOLVER appendix A 499
Step 6: Solve the Problem Click Solve. We will get a Solver Results box. Make sure it says
that it has the following statement: “Solver found a solution. All Constraints and optimality conditions
are satisfied.”
On the right-hand side of the box, there is an option for three reports: Answer, Sensitivity, and
Limit. Click on all three reports and then click OK; this will exit you back to the spreadsheet, but
you will have three new worksheets in your workbook.
The answer report indicates that the target cell has a final solution of $416.25 and started at $85.
From the adjustable cells area, we can see that we should make 20 Cheese Burgers, 60 Sloppy
Joes, 65 Tacos, and 55 bowls of Chili. This answers the first requirement from the problem of
what the mix of Friday night specials should be.
TARGET CELL (MAX.)
CELL NAME ORIGINAL VALUE FINAL VALUE
$F$7 Revenue Total $85.00 $416.25
ADJUSTABLE CELLS
CELL NAME ORIGINAL VALUE FINAL VALUE
$B$3
$C$3
$D$3
$E$3
Changing Cells Cheeseburger
Changing Cells Sloppy Joes
Changing Cells Taco
Changing Cells Chili
10
10
10
10
20
60
65
55