CHAPTER 4

THE ART OF MODELING WITH SPREADSHEETS

SOLUTION TO SOLVED PROBLEMS
4.S1 Production and Inventory Planning Model
Surfs Up produces high-end surfboards. A challenge faced by Surfs Up is that their demand is
highly seasonal. Demand exceeds production capacity during the warm summer months, but
is very low in the winter months. To meet the high demand during the summer, Surfs Up
typically produces more surfboards than are needed in the winter months and then carries
inventory into the summer months. Their production facility can produce at most 50 boards
per month using regular labor at a cost of $125 each. Up to 10 additional boards can be
produced by utilizing overtime labor at a cost of $135 each. The boards are sold for $200.
Because of storage cost and the opportunity cost of capital, each board held in inventory from
one month to the next incurs a cost of $5 per board. Since demand is uncertain, Surfs Up
would like to maintain an ending inventory (safety stock) of at least 10 boards during the
warm months (MaySeptember) and at least 5 boards during the other months (October
April). It is now the start of January and Surfs Up has 5 boards in inventory. The forecast of
demand over the next 12 months is shown in the table below. Formulate and solve a linear
programming model in a spreadsheet to determine how many surfboards should be produced
each month to maximize total profit.
Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

10

14

15

45

85

85

40

30

15

15

20

65

This is a dynamic problem with 12 time periods (months). The activities are the production
quantities in each of the 12 months using regular labor and the production quantities in
each of the 12 months using overtime labor.
To get started, we sketch a spreadsheet model. Each of the 12 months will be a separate
column in the spreadsheet. For each month, the regular production quantity (a changing
cell) must be no more than the maximum regular production (50). Similarly, for each
month the overtime production quantity (a changing cell) must be no more than the
maximum overtime production (10). Each month will generate revenue, incur regular and
overtime production costs, inventory holding costs, and achieve a resulting profit. The goal
will be to maximize the total profit over all 12 months. This leads to the following sketch of
a spreadsheet model.


Unit Cost (Reg)
Unit Cost (OT)
Selling Price
Holding Cost
Starting Inventory
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Regular Production
<=
Max Regular
OT Production
<=
Max OT
Forecasted Sales
Ending Inventory
>=
Safety Stock
Revenue
Regular Production Cost
Overtime Production Cost
Holding Cost
Profit

The ending inventory each month will equal the starting inventory (the given starting
inventory for January, or the previous months ending inventory for future months) plus all
production (regular and overtime) minus the forecasted sales. The ending inventory at the
end of each month must be at least the minimum safety stock level. The revenue will equal
the selling price times forecasted sales. The regular (or overtime) production cost will be
the regular (or overtime) production quantity times the unit regular (or overtime)
production cost. The holding cost will equal the ending inventory times the unit holding
cost. The monthly profit will be revenue minus both production costs minus holding cost.
Finally, the total profit will be the sum of the monthly profits. The final solved spreadsheet,
formulas, and Solver information are shown below.

B
1
Production and Inventory
2
3
Unit Cost (Reg)
4
Unit Cost (OT)
5
Selling Price
6
Holding Cost
7
Starting Inventory
8
9
10
Regular Production
11
12
Max Regular
13
14
OT Production
15
16
Max OT
17
18
Forecasted Sales
19
20
Ending Inventory
21
22
Safety Stock
23
24
25
Revenue
26
Regular Production Cost
27
Overtime Production Cost
28
Holding Cost
29
Profit

Planning at Surfs Up
$125
$135
$200
$5
5
Jan
10
<=
50

Feb
14
<=
50

Mar
30
<=
50

Apr
50
<=
50

May
50
<=
50

Jun
50
<=
50

Jul
50
<=
50

Aug
50
<=
50

Sep
40
<=
50

Oct
25
<=
50

Nov
15
<=
50

Dec
15
<=
50

0
<=
10

0
<=
10

0
<=
10

0
<=
10

10
<=
10

10
<=
10

10
<=
10

10
<=
10

0
<=
10

0
<=
10

0
<=
10

0
<=
10

10

14

15

20

45

65

85

85

40

30

15

15

5
>=
5

5
>=
5

20
>=
5

50
>=
5

65
>=
10

60
>=
10

35
>=
10

10
>=
10

10
>=
10

5
>=
5

5
>=
5

5
>=
5

$2,000
$1,250
$0
$25
$725

$2,800
$1,750
$0
$25
$1,025

$3,000
$3,750
$0
$100
-$850

$4,000
$6,250
$0
$250
-$2,500

$9,000
$6,250
$1,350
$325
$1,075

$13,000
$6,250
$1,350
$300
$5,100

$17,000
$6,250
$1,350
$175
$9,225

$17,000
$6,250
$1,350
$50
$9,350

$8,000
$5,000
$0
$50
$2,950

$6,000
$3,125
$0
$25
$2,850

$3,000
$1,875
$0
$25
$1,100

$3,000
$1,875
$0
$25
$1,100

Total
$87,800
$49,875
$5,400
$1,375
$31,150

Solver Parameters
Set Objective Cell: TotalProfit
To: Max
By Changing Variable Cells:
RegularProduction, OTProduction
Subject to the Constraints:
RegularProduction <= MaxRegular
OTProduction <= MaxOT
EndingInventory >= SafetyStock
Solver Options:
Make Variables Nonnegative
Solving Method: Simplex LP

Range Name
EndingInventory
ForecastedSales
HoldingCost
MaxOT
MaxRegular
OTProduction
RegularProduction
SafetyStock
SellingPrice
StartingInventory
TotalProfit
UnitCostOT
UnitCostReg

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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

B
Unit Cost (Reg)
Unit Cost (OT)
Selling Price
Holding Cost
Starting Inventory

Cells
C20:N20
C18:N18
C6
C16:N16
C12:N12
C14:N14
C10:N10
C22:N22
C5
C7
O29
C4
C3

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125
135
200
5
5
Jan

Feb

Regular Production 10

14
<=

<=

Max Regular 50

50

OT Production 0

Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
30.0000000001517
50
50
50
50
50
39.9999999999768
25.00000000011
15
15
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50

Max OT 10

10

0010
10
10
10
0000
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
<=
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

Forecasted Sales 10

14

15
20
45
65
85
85
40
30
15
15

Ending Inventory =StartingInventory+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales

>=
Safety Stock 5

=C20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales =D20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=E20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=F20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=G20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=H20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=I20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=J20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=K20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=L20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
=M20+RegularProduction+OTProduction-ForecastedSales
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
5
5510
10
10
10
10
555

<=

Revenue
Regular Production Cost
Overtime Production Cost
Holding Cost
Profit

<=

=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=C25-C26-C27-C28

=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=D25-D26-D27-D28

Total
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SellingPrice*ForecastedSales
=SUM(C25:N25)
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=UnitCostReg*RegularProduction
=SUM(C26:N26)
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=UnitCostOT*OTProduction
=SUM(C27:N27)
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=HoldingCost*EndingInventory
=SUM(C28:N28)
=E25-E26-E27-E28
=F25-F26-F27-F28
=G25-G26-G27-G28
=H25-H26-H27-H28
=I25-I26-I27-I28
=J25-J26-J27-J28
=K25-K26-K27-K28
=L25-L26-L27-L28
=M25-M26-M27-M28
=N25-N26-N27-N28
=SUM(C29:N29)

The values in RegularProduction (C10:N10) and OTProduction (C14:N14) show how many
surf boards Surfs Up should produce each month so as to achieve the maximum profit of
$31,150.

4.S2 Aggregate Planning: Manpower Hiring/Firing/Training

Cool Power produces air conditioning units for large commercial properties. Due to the low
cost and efficiency of its products, the company has been growing from year to year. Also, due
to seasonality in construction and weather conditions, production requirements vary from
month to month. Cool Power currently has 10 fully trained employees working in
manufacturing. Each trained employee can work 160 hours per month and is paid a monthly
wage of $4000. New trainees can be hired at the beginning of any month. Due to their lack of
initial skills and required training, a new trainee only provides 100 hours of useful labor in
their first month, but are still paid a full monthly wage of $4000. Furthermore, because of
required interviewing and training, there is a $2500 hiring cost for each employee hired. After
one month, a trainee is considered fully trained. An employee can be fired at the beginning of
any month, but must be paid two weeks of severance pay ($2000). Over the next 12 months,
Cool Power forecasts the labor requirements shown in the table below. Since management
anticipates higher requirements next year, Cool Power would like to end the year with at least
12 fully trained employees. How many trainees should be hired and/or workers fired in each
month to meet the labor requirements at the minimum possible cost? Formulate and solve a
linear programming spreadsheet model.
Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1600 2000 2000 2000 2800 3200 3600 3200 1600 1200 800

800

This is a dynamic problem with 12 time periods (months). The activities are the number of
workers to hire and fire in each of the 12 months.

To get started, we sketch a spreadsheet model. Each of the 12 months will be a separate
column in the spreadsheet. For each month, there are changing cells for both the number of
workers hired and fired. Based on the values of these changing cells, we can determine the
number of trainees and trained employees. The number of labor hours generated by the
employees must be at least the required labor hours each month. Finally, labor costs (for
trainees and the trained workforce), hiring cost, and severance pay leads to a total monthly
cost. The goal will be to minimize the total cost over all 12 months. This leads to the
following sketch of a spreadsheet model.

Labor Monthly Wage
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Labor Hours/Trainee/Month
Labor Hours/Trained Worker/Month
Starting Trained Workforce
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Workers Hired
Workers Fired

Minimum to
Start the
Next Year

Trainees
Trained Employees

>=

Labor Hours Available

>=
Required Labor Hours
Total
Labor Cost (Trainees)
Labor Cost (Trained Workforce)
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Total Cost

When an employee is first hired, he or she is a trainee for one month before becoming a
fully-trained employee. Therefore, the number of trainees (row 14) is equal to the number
of workers hired in that month, while the number of trained employees (row 15) is the
number of trained employees and trainees from the previous month minus any employee
that is fired. The labor hours available in each month equals the sumproduct of the labor
hours provided by each type of worker (trained or trainees) with the number of each type
of employee. The labor costs in each month are the monthly wage multiplied by the
number of employees. The hiring cost is the unit hiring cost multiplied by the number of
workers hired. The severance pay is the unit severance cost multiplied by the number of
workers fired. Then, the total monthly cost is the sum of the labor costs, hiring cost, and
severance pay. Finally, the total cost will be the sum of the monthly costs. For arbitrary
values of workers hired and fired each month, this leads to the following spreadsheet.

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

B
C
Labor Monthly Wage $4,000
Hiring Cost $2,500
Severance Pay $2,000
Labor Hours/Trainee/Month
100
Labor Hours/Trained Worker/Month
160
Starting Trained Workforce
10

Workers Hired
Workers Fired

Jan
2
0

Feb
2
0

Mar
2
0

Apr
2
0

May
2
0

Jun
2
0

Jul
2
0

Aug
0
3

Sep
0
3

Oct
0
3

Nov
2
0

Dec
2
0

Trainees
Trained Employees

2
10

2
12

2
14

2
16

2
18

2
20

2
22

0
21

0
18

0
15

2
15

2
17

1800
>=
1600

2120
>=
2000

2440
>=
2000

2760
>=
2000

3080
>=
2800

3400
>=
3200

3720
>=
3600

3360
>=
3200

2880
>=
1600

2400
>=
1200

2600
>=
800

2920
>=
800

Labor Hours Available

Required Labor Hours
Labor Cost (Trainees)
Labor Cost (Trained Workforce)
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Total Cost

$8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000

$8,000
$0
$0
$0
$8,000 $8,000
$40,000 $48,000 $56,000 $64,000 $72,000 $80,000 $88,000 $84,000 $72,000 $60,000 $60,000 $68,000
$5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
$5,000
$0
$0
$0
$5,000 $5,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$6,000 $6,000 $6,000
$0
$0
$53,000 $61,000 $69,000 $77,000 $85,000 $93,000 $101,000 $90,000 $78,000 $66,000 $73,000 $81,000

>=

Minimum to
Start the
Next Year
12

Total
$72,000
$792,000
$45,000
$18,000
$927,000

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

B
Labor Monthly Wage
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Labor Hours/Trainee/Month
Labor Hours/Trained Worker/Month
Starting Trained Workforce

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4000
2500
2000
100
160
10
Jan

Workers Hired 2
Workers Fired 0
Trainees =WorkersHired
Trained Employees =StartingTrainedWorkforce-WorkersFired

Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
102430.999999999999998
0002.00000000006961
0
000000310
000
Minimum to
Start the
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
Next Year
=C15+C14-WorkersFired
=D15+D14-WorkersFired
=E15+E14-WorkersFired
=F15+F14-WorkersFired
=G15+G14-WorkersFired
=H15+H14-WorkersFired
=I15+I14-WorkersFired
=J15+J14-WorkersFired
=K15+K14-WorkersFired
=L15+L14-WorkersFired
=M15+M14-WorkersFired
>=
12

Labor Hours Available =SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWorker,C14:C15) =SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWork

=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWor
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWo
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedW
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedW
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrained
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrained
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTraine
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrain
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrai
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTra
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
2000
2000
2000
2800
3200
3600
3200
1600
1200
800
800

Required Labor Hours 1600

Labor Cost (Trainees)
Labor Cost (Trained Workforce)
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Total Cost

=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SUM(C22:C25)

Total
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=SUM(C22:N22)
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=SUM(C23:N23)
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=SUM(C24:N24)
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SUM(C25:N25)
=SUM(D22:D25)
=SUM(E22:E25)
=SUM(F22:F25)
=SUM(G22:G25)
=SUM(H22:H25)
=SUM(I22:I25)
=SUM(J22:J25)
=SUM(K22:K25)
=SUM(L22:L25)
=SUM(M22:M25)
=SUM(N22:N25)
=SUM(C26:N26)

The Solver information is shown below, followed by the solved spreadsheet.

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14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

B
C
Labor Monthly Wage $4,000
Hiring Cost $2,500
Severance Pay $2,000
Labor Hours/Trainee/Month
100
Labor Hours/Trained Worker/Month
160
Starting Trained Workforce
10
Jan
Workers Hired 2.1E-11
Workers Fired
0
Trainees 2.1E-11
Trained Employees
10
Labor Hours Available
Required Labor Hours

1600
>=
1600

Feb
4
0

Mar
0
0

Apr
0
0

May
6
0

Jun
2
0

Jul
1
0

Aug
0
3

Sep
0
10

Oct
0
0

Nov
2
0

Dec
0
0

4
10

0
14

0
14

6
14

2
20

1
22

0
20

0
10

0
10

2
10

0
12

2000
>=
2000

2240
>=
2000

2240
>=
2000

2840
>=
2800

3400
>=
3200

3620
>=
3600

3200
>=
3200

1600
>=
1600

1600
>=
1200

1800
>=
800

1920
>=
800

Labor Cost (Trainees)

$0
$16,000
$0
$0
$24,000 $8,000
Labor Cost (Trained Workforce) $40,000 $40,000 $56,000 $56,000 $56,000 $80,000
Hiring Cost
$0
$10,000
$0
$0
$15,000 $5,000
Severance Pay
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total Cost $40,000 $66,000 $56,000 $56,000 $95,000 $93,000

$4,000
$88,000
$2,500
$0
$94,500

>=

Minimum to
Start the
Next Year
12

Total
$0
$0
$0
$8,000
$0
$60,000
$80,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $48,000 $664,000
$0
$0
$0
$5,000
$0
$37,500
$6,000 $20,000
$0
$0
$0
$26,000
$86,000 $60,000 $40,000 $53,000 $48,000 $787,500

Solver Parameters
Set Objective Cell: TotalCost
To: Min
By Changing Variable Cells:
WorkersHired, WorkersFired
Subject to the Constraints:
N15 >= MinimumToStartNewYear
LaborHoursAvailable >= RequiredLaborHours
WorkersHired = integer
WorkersFired = integer
Solver Options:
Make Variables Nonnegative
Solving Method: Simplex LP

Range Name
HiringCost
LaborHoursAvailable
LaborHoursPerTrainedWorker
LaborHoursPerTrainee
LaborMonthlyWage
MinimumToStartNextYear
RequiredLaborHours
SeverancePay
StartingTrainedWorkforce
TotalCost
TrainedEmployees
Trainees
WorkersFired
WorkersHired

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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

B
Labor Monthly Wage
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Labor Hours/Trainee/Month
Labor Hours/Trained Worker/Month
Starting Trained Workforce

DEFGHIJKLMN

Cells
C4
C17:N17
C7
C6
C3
P15
C19:N19
C5
C8
O26
C15:N15
C14:N14
C12:N12
C11:N11
O

4000
2500
2000
100
160
10
Jan

Workers Hired 2
Workers Fired 0
Trainees =WorkersHired
Trained Employees =StartingTrainedWorkforce-WorkersFired

Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
102430.999999999999998
0002.00000000006961
0
000000310
000
Minimum to
Start the
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
=WorkersHired
Next Year
=C15+C14-WorkersFired
=D15+D14-WorkersFired
=E15+E14-WorkersFired
=F15+F14-WorkersFired
=G15+G14-WorkersFired
=H15+H14-WorkersFired
=I15+I14-WorkersFired
=J15+J14-WorkersFired
=K15+K14-WorkersFired
=L15+L14-WorkersFired
=M15+M14-WorkersFired
>=
12

Labor Hours Available =SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWorker,C14:C15) =SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWork

=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWor
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedWo
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedW
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrainedW
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrained
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrained
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTraine
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrain
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTrai
=SUMPRODUCT(LaborHoursPerTrainee:LaborHoursPerTra
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
Required Labor Hours 1600
2000
2000
2000
2800
3200
3600
3200
1600
1200
800
800
Labor Cost (Trainees)
Labor Cost (Trained Workforce)
Hiring Cost
Severance Pay
Total Cost

=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SUM(C22:C25)

Total
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=LaborMonthlyWage*Trainees
=SUM(C22:N22)
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=LaborMonthlyWage*TrainedEmployees
=SUM(C23:N23)
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=HiringCost*WorkersHired
=SUM(C24:N24)
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SeverancePay*WorkersFired
=SUM(C25:N25)
=SUM(D22:D25)
=SUM(E22:E25)
=SUM(F22:F25)
=SUM(G22:G25)
=SUM(H22:H25)
=SUM(I22:I25)
=SUM(J22:J25)
=SUM(K22:K25)
=SUM(L22:L25)
=SUM(M22:M25)
=SUM(N22:N25)
=SUM(C26:N26)

Thus, WorkersHired (C11:N11) shows the number of workers Cool Power should hire each
month and WorkersFired (C12:N12) shows the number of workers Cool Power should fire
each month so as to achieve the minimum TotalCost (O26) of $787,500.
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