An Application of Linear Programming in Formulation of Input Factors (Raw Materials) to Minimise Animal Feed Production Costs at Unga Feeds Limited
Abstract
In manufacture of animal feedstuffs, for example, raw material
cost is a high proportion of the total cost. To overcome this
problem certain methods to formulate efficiently the raw materials
have been developed. For example, the linear programming solution to
the "diet problem" was developed for selecting feedstuffs to be
blended for an adequate animal diet at least cost.
What this research project contains between the two black covers
is therefore an illustration of linear programming technique as a
method of determining the least expensive combination of feeds which
meet or surpasses each of the several stated nutritive requirements
with special reference to Unga Feeds Limited diet problem. A digital
computer was used to:establish the least-cost ration of each feedstuff.
Secondly the paper gives an analysis of the results obtained by
using a digital computer and an analog computer. And lastly on the
basis of the resu1ts of the study, certain suggestions are given in
the last chapter.
Citation
Gituro Wainaina (1982). An Application Of Linear Programming In Formulation Of Input Factors (raw Materials) To Minimise Animal Feed Production Costs At Unga Feeds Limited. M. B. A.Publisher
University of Nairobi School of Business