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Solver for Production Planning

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    Solver for Production Planning

    I have been playing with solver for over 2 weeks trying to figure out how get this spreadsheet to calculate the best combination in each column and row and get the lowest cost possible.

    I know how to use excel quite well, however, this problem is well beyond my capacity.

    Could someone please take a look at the worksheet labeled "PP" in the attached workbook and help me estabilish a functional way to reduce the total cost while satasifying the constraints.

    The constrants are outlined in cells H20:W20 in the form of a formula. An error will show as an "Err" indicating a problem with the current configuration.

    Briefly, the conditions are as follows:

    OT <= 1/2 RT
    Sched. Hours <= Capacity Hours
    Total Scheduled = Production Requirements

    If your looking for a challenge I would recommend attempting this as it has taken so much of my time already and I KNOW its possible but I just cant wrap my mind around it.

    I have manually input one possible answer, however, this is undoubtedly the best solution. And I would prefer to automate the process as it takes a lot of time to complete with just trial and error

    FYI...To avoid confusion, I have intentionally hidden the other worksheets in the workbook, but if it helps you can simply show them in developer mode.


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    Last edited by snap101; 01-22-2010 at 03:14 PM.

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    Re: Solver for Production Planning

    ***bump***

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    Re: Solver for Production Planning

    Hi,

    I do not know if it is still relevant. But just in case you are still involved with this kind of problems I can recommend to take a look on our website. We provide free resources for optimization for production planning. The solution is open enough so that you can integrate it also into Excel.

    http://www.factorysensesoftware.at/s...-optimization/

    Hope this can help you.

    Andreas

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