Case Study: Let There be Light Lamp Shade Company
Started in Madison, Wisconsin, after the student unrest of the 1960s had died down, the Let There Be Light Lamp Shade Company served an upscale local market for many years. It designed and built custom lamp shades and lamp globes. In the mid-1980s, some architects who had once studied under Frank Lloyd Wright in a nearby Spring Garden were commissioned to design several large public buildings in Asia. A total of 5,400 identical lights were to be installed, and the Let There Be Light Lamp Shade Company wished to bid on the work. Terms of the sale would include delivery to the foreign port where the buyer would take possession.
Questions to answer:
Problem 1. How many style A shades can be loaded into an intermodel container?
Problem 2. How many style B shades can be loaded into an intermodel container?
Problem 3. How many style C shades can be loaded into an intermodal container?
Problem 4. What are the total costs of delivering the style A shades to the port of importation?
Problem 5. What are the total costs of delivering the style B shades to the port of importation?
Problem 6. What are the total costs of delivering the style C shades to the port of importation?
Problem 7. Which style would you recommend? Why?