On the use of big M Method in modeling production process: A case study of NARICT, zaria

Abstract

In the National Research institute for chemical technology (NARICT), optimal control of production and distribution has a fundamental role to play. one inevitable area where production planing has proven useful is in the allocation of scarce demand resources to meet certain production demand , also in the distribution of finished goods to different demand location at a minimum cost. in this study, the particular scenario presented concerns NARICT with potentials for production of multiple items under different facilities was considered. The item produced are distributed to number locations whose demand are known. Three integer programming models were analyzed to address the production planning problem, while th mogified version of simplex method was used as the nummerical tool for the computation of the optimal solution.