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exercise 19.5 BPP revision kit.

EEsther11y ago
Hello John, I dont understand why the company will increase the profit if they buy material X at extra price. Thanks Esther
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#1
The most you will be prepared to pay for a limited resource is the current cost plus the shadow price. If you can buy for less than this total then it is worth buying and the profit will be higher. (The lecture on linear programming will help you here where I explain shadow prices)
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