A Plant Manager for a Sporting Goods Manufacturer Is in Charge

question 14

Essay

A plant manager for a sporting goods manufacturer is in charge of assigning the manufacture of four new aluminum products to four different departments.Because of varying expertise and workloads,the different departments can produce the new products at various rates.If only one product is to be produced by each department and the daily output rates are given in the table below,which department should manufacture which product to maximize total daily product output? (Note: Department 1 does not have the facilities to produce golf clubs.)
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Formulate this assignment problem as a linear program.

Explain the differences between price and output decisions in monopolistic and competitive markets using graphical analysis.

Determine the conditions required for effective price discrimination and its impact on economic welfare and firm profits.

Analyze the effect of monopoly power on innovation, efficiency, and consumer choice.

Understand the relevance of marginal costs and the concept of economies of scale and simultaneous consumption for monopoly pricing.

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