National Wing Company (NWC)is Gearing Up for the New B-48

question 8

Essay

National Wing Company (NWC)is gearing up for the new B-48 contract.Currently,NWC has 100 equally qualified workers.Over the next three months,NWC has made the following commitments for wing production: ​
Each worker can either be placed in production or train new recruits.A new recruit can be trained to be an apprentice in one month.The next month,he,himself,becomes a qualified worker (after two months from the start of training).Each trainer can train two recruits.The production rate and salary per employee are estimated below. ​
At the end of July,NWC wishes to have no recruits or apprentices but at least 140 full-time workers.Formulate and solve a linear program for NWC to accomplish this at minimum total cost.

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