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Use Of Linear Programming For Optimal Production In A
Production Line In Coca –Cola Bottling Company, Ilorin
*O.S. Balogun, ** E.T. Jolayemi, ***T.J. Akingbade and *H.G. Muazu
*Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, P.M.B. 2076,
Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.
**Department of Statistics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
***Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Kogi
State, Nigeria.
Abstract
Many companies were and are still respective customers who should also not violate
established to derive financial profit. In this National Agency for Food and Drug Administration
regard the main aim of such establishments is to Control (NAFDAC) and Standard Organization of
maximize (optimize) profit. This research is on Nigeria (SON). The problem then is on how to
using Linear programming Technique to derive utilize limited resources to the best advantage, to
the maximum profit from production of soft maximize profit and at the sometime selecting the
drink for Nigeria Bottling Company Nigeria, products to be produced out of the number of
Ilorin plant. Linear Programming of the products considered for production that will
operations of the company was formulated and maximize profit.
optimum results derived using Software that The research is aimed at deciding how
employed Simplex method. The result shows that limited resources,raw materials of Nigeria Bottling
two particular items should be produced even Company (Coca-cola), Ilorin plant , Kwara State
when the company should satisfy demands of the would be allocated to obtain the maximum
other - not - so profitable items in the contribution to profit. It is also aimed at determining
surrounding of the plants. the products that contribute to such profit.
The scope of the research is to use Linear
KEYWORDS: Optimization, Linear Programming on some of the soft drinks produced
programming, Objective function, Constraints. by Nigeria Bottling Company, Ilorin plant. The data
on which this is based are quantity of raw materials
Introduction available in stock, cost and selling prices and
Company managers are often faced with therefore the profit of crate of each product. The
decisions relating to the use of limited resources. profit constitutes the objective function while raw
These resources may include men, materials and materials available in stock are used as constraints.
money. In other sector, there are insufficient If demands which must be met are to be available,
resources available to do as many things as such can be included in the constraints. The data is
management would wish. The problem is based on secondary data collected in the year 2007 at the
how to decide on which resources would be Nigeria Bottling Company, Ilorin plant, Kwara
allocated to obtain the best result, which may relate State.
to profit or cost or both. Linear Programming is The Simplex method, also called Simple
heavily used in Micro-Economics and Company technique or Simplex Algorithm, was invented by
Management such as Planning, Production, George Dantzig, an American Mathematician, in
Transportation, Technology and other issues. 1947. It is the basic workhorse for solving Linear
Although the modern management issues are error Programming Problems up till today. There have
changing, most companies would like to maximize been many refinements to the method, especially to
profits or minimize cost with limited resources. take advantage of computer implementations, but
Therefore, many issues can be characterized as the essentials elements are still the same as they
Linear Programming Problems (Sivarethinamohan, were when the method was introduced (Chinneck,
2008). 2000; Gupta and Hira, 2006).
A linear programming model can be The Simplex method is a Pivot Algorithm
formulated and solutions derived to determine the that transverses the through Feasible Basic Solutions
best course of action within the constraint that while Objective Function is improving. The Simplex
exists. The model consists of the objective function method is, in practice, one of the most efficient
and certain constraints. For example, the objective algorithms but it is theoretically a finite algorithm
of Nigeria Bottling Company (Coca-cola) is to only for non-degenerate problems (Feiring, 1986).
produce quality products needed by its customers, To derive solutions from the LP formulated using
subject to the amount of resources (raw materials) the Simplex method, the objective function and the
available to produce the products needed by their constraints must be standardized.
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The characteristics of the standard form are: Maximize Z r Cj j
(i) All the constraints are expressed in the form of X
equations except the non-negativity constraints j 1
r
which remain inequalities( 0). a X
(ii) The right-hand-side of each constraint
Subject to ij j Si bi, i 1,2,3,....,m
j 1
equation is non-negative.
Xj 0, j 1,2,3,....,n
(iii) All the decision variables are non-negative.
(iv) The Objective function is of maximization or Si 0, i 1,2,3,....,m
minimization type. Before attempting to obtain the Any vector X satisfying the constraints of the Linear
solution of the linear programming problem, it must Programming Problems is called
be expressed in the standard form is then Feasible Solution of the problem (Fogiel, 1996;
Schulze, 1998; Chinneck, 2000).
expressed in the “the table form” or “matrix form”
as given below:
r
Algorithm to solve linear programming problem:
Maximize Z Cj X j (i)See that all bi s are positive, if a constraint has
j 1
negative bi multiply it by 1 to make bi positive.
Subject to
r (ii) Convert all the inequalities by the addition of
bi,(bi 0), i 1,2,3,...,m slack or by subtraction of surplus variable as the
a ijX j
j 1 case may be.
(iii)Find the starting Basic Feasible Solution.
X j 0, j 1,2,3,...,m
In standard form (Canonical form), it is (iv) Construct the Simplex table as follows:
Basic Ej X1 X2 X3.... Xn y1 y2... ym Xb
Variable
y1 0 a11 a12 a13... a1m 1 0 0 b1
y2 0 a21 a22 a23... a2m 0 1 0 b2
y3 0 a31 a32 a33... a3m 0 0 1 bm
Zj Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4 0 0 0 Z Z0
Ej E1 E2 E3 E4 0 0 0
. . . . . . . .
bj Zj Ej X X2 X3... Xn y1 y y
1 m
2...
bi
(v) Testing for optimality of Basic Feasible minimum ratio aij for a particular j, and
Solution by computing Z j Ej.If aij 0, i 1,2,3,...,m is the OUTGOING
Z j Ej 0, the solution is optimal; otherwise, VECTOR.
we proceed to the next step. (vii)The key element or the pivot element is
(vi) To improve on the Basic Feasible Solution, we determined by considering the intersection between
find the basic matrix. The variable that corresponds the arrows that corresponds to both incoming and
outgoing vectors. The key element is used to
to the most negative of Z j Ej is the INCOMING generate the next table. In the next table, pivot
VECTOR while the variable that corresponds to the element is replaced by UNITY, while all other
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elements of the pivot column are replaced by zero. (viii) Test of this new Basic Feasible Solution for
To calculate the new values for all other elements in optimality as (6) it is not optimal; repeat the
the remaining rows of that first column, we use the
relation. process till optimal solution is obtained. This was
New row = Former element in old rows implemented by the software Management Scientist
(intersection element in the old row) Version 6.0.
(Corresponding element of replacing row).
Table 1: Quantity of raw materials available in stock
Rawmaterials Quantityavailable
Concentrates 4332(units)
Sugar 467012(kg)
Water(H2O) 16376630(litres)
Table 2:(iv)oxide(C2O) 8796(Vol.perpressure)
Carbon Quantity of raw materials needed to produce a crate of each product listed
Flavors Concentrate Sugar Water Cabon(iv)oxide
Coke35cl 0.00359 0.54 6.822 0.0135
FantaOrange35cl 0.00419 1.12 7.552 0.007
FantaOrange35cl 0.00217 0.803 4.824 0.005
FantaLemon35cl 0.0042 1.044 7.671 0.0126
Schweppes 0.00359 0.86 6.539 0.0125
Sprite50cl 0.00359 0.73 7.602 0.0133
FantaTonic35cl 0.00359 0.63 6.12 0.0133
Krestsoda35cl 0.0036 0.89 7.055 0.0146
Coke50cl 0.00438 0.23 7.508 0.0156
Table 3: Average Cost and Selling of a crate of each product
Product Average Average Profit(₦)
Cost Selling
price(₦) price(₦)
Coke35cl 358.51 690 331.49
FantaOrange35cl 370.91 690 319.09
FantaOrange50cl 489.98 790 300.02
FantaLemon35cl 368.67 690 321.33
Schweppes 341.85 690 348.15
Sprite50cl 486.04 790 303.96
Model Formulation
FantaTonic35cl 690 367.91
Maximize Z
322.09
Krestsoda35cl 266.72 690 423.28
Coke50cl 489.89 790 300.11
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Z 331.49X1 319.09X2 300.02X3 321.33X4 348.15X5 303.96X6 367.91X7 323.28X8 300.11X9
Subjectto:
0.00359X1 0.00419X2 0.0021X3 0.0042X4 0.00359X5 0.00359X6 0.00359X7 0.0036X8 0.00438X9 4332
0.54X1 1.12X2 0.803X3 1.044X4 0.86X5 0.73X6 0.63X7 0.89X8 0.23X9 467012
6.822X1 7.552X2 4.824X3 7.671X4 6.539X5 7.602X6 6.12X7 7.055X8 7.508X9 16376630
0.0135X1 0.007X2 0.005X3 0.0126X4 0.0125X5 0.0133X6 0.0133X7 0.0149X8 0.0156X9 8796
Xi 0, fori 1,2,3,...,9
Now, introducing the slack variable to convert inequalities to equations, it gives:
Z 331.49X1 319.09X2 300.02X3 321.33X4 348.15X5 303.96X6 367.91X7 323.28X8 300.11X9
Subjectto:
0.00359X1 0.00419X2 0.00217X3 0.0042X4 0.00359X5 0.00359X6 0.00359X7 0.0036X8 0.00438X9
X10 4332
0.54X1 1.12X2 0.803X3 1.044X4 0.86X5 0.73X6 0.63X7 0.89X8 0.23X9 X11 467012
6.822X1 7.522X2 4.834X3 7.671X4 6.539X5 7.602X6 6.12X7 7.055X8 7.058X9 X12 16376630
0.00135X1 0.007X2 0.005X3 0.0126X4 0.0125X5 0.0133X6 0.0133X7 0.0149X8 0.0156X9 X13 8796
Xi 0, fori 1,2,3,...,13
Where, X7= Fanta Tonic 35cl
X1 = Coke 35cl X8 = Krest soda 35cl
X2 = Fanta Orange 35cl X9 = Coke 50cl
X3 = Fanta Orange 50cl
X4 = Fanta Lemon 35cl Analysis and Result
X5 = Schweppes Optimal Solution
X6 = Sprite 50cl Objective function value = 263,497,283
Variables Value
X1 0.00000
X2 0.00000
X3 462547.21890
X4 0.00000
X5 0.00000
X6 0.00000
The X7
Management Scientist Version 6.0 gives:
0.00000
Z 263,497,283 X3 462,547 and X9 0.00000
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