New frontires

Description
Ameribank was struggling hard to survive in the market
It decides to conduct a survey as in to analyze the scenario
They decided that a more convenient transaction method must logically succeed the ATM hence the stressed on the use of internet.

CASE : NEW FRONTIERS
Group no.2 Sandhya Nehru 93 Shubham Tiwari 98 Siddharth Dubey 100 Sumoy 105 Smit Shah 101 Nikhil Bansal 119 Vijeesh 111

CASE OVERVIEW
• Ameribank was struggling hard to survive in the market

• It decides to conduct a survey as in to analyze the

scenario • They decided that a more convenient transaction method must logically succeed the ATM hence the stressed on the use of internet.

Question 1
• Formulate a linear

programming model to minimize costs while meeting all survey constraints imposed by Ameribank.

Objective Function:

Min (Z) = 4.75(x11) + 6.5(x12)+6.5(x13)+5(x14)+ 5.25(x21) + 5.75(x22) + 6.25(x23) +6.25(x24) + 6.5 (x31) + 7.5 (x32) + 7.5(x33) + 7.25(x34)
Constraints:

X11 + x12 + x13 + x14 ? 300 (i.e. 15% of 2000)
X21 + x22 + x23 + x24 ? 700 (i.e. 35% of 2000) X31 + x32 + x33 + x34 ? 400 (i.e. 20% of 2000) X11 + x21 + x31 ? 400 (i.e. 20% of 2000) X12 + x22 + x32 ? 550 (i.e. 27.5% of 2000) X13 + x23 + x33 ? 300 (i.e. 15% of 2000) X14 + x24 + x34 ? 300 (i.e. 15% of 2000) X11+x12+x13+x14+x21+x22+x23+x24+x31+x32+x33+x34 = 2000

SOLUTION 1

QUESTION 2

If the profit margin for Sophisticated Surveys is 15 percent of cost, what bid will they submit?

SOLUTION 2
Region 18 to 25 25 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above Percentage of people total customer surveyed

2000

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Percentage of people surveyed

Silicon Valley

$4.75

$6.50

$6.50

$5.00

300

15

Min. COST

11200

Silicon Valley

600.00

0.00

0.00

300.00

900.00

45

Big cities

$5.25

$5.75

$6.25

$6.25

700

35

Profit margin

1680

Big cities

0.00

550.00

150.00

0.00

700.00

35

Small towns

$6.50

$7.50

$7.50

$7.25

400

20

Bid price

12880

Small towns

250.00

0.00

150.00

0.00

400.00

20

400

550

300

300

850.00

550.00

300.00

300.00

2000.00

Percentage of people surveyed

20

27.5

15

15

cost matrix

42.5

27.5

15

15

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Silicon Valley Big cities Small towns

$2,850.00 $0.00 $1,625.00

$0.00 $3,162.50 $0.00

$0.00 $937.50 $1,125.00

$1,500.00 $0.00 $0.00

$4,350.00

$4,100.00
$2,750.00

$4,475.00

$3,162.50

$2,062.50 $1,500.00

QUESTION 3
After submitting its bid, Sophisticated Surveys is informed that it has the lowest cost but that Ameribank does not like the solution. Specifically, Rob feels that the selected survey population is not representative enough of the banking customer population. Rob wants at least 50 people of each age group surveyed in each region. What is the new bid made by Sophisticated Surveys?

SOLUTION 3
Region 18 to 25 25 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above total customer

2000

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Percentage of people surveyed

Silicon Valley

$4.75

$6.50

$6.50

$5.00

300

Min. COST

11388

Silicon Valley

600.00

50.00

50.00

200.00

900.00

45

Big cities

$5.25

$5.75

$6.25

$6.25

700

Profit margin

1708

Big cities

50.00

450.00

150.00

50.00

700.00

35

Small towns

$6.50

$7.50

$7.50

$7.25

400

Bid price

13096

Small towns

200.00

50.00

100.00

50.00

400.00

20

400

550

300

300

850.00

550.00

300.00

300.00

2000.00

cost matrix

42.5

27.5

15

15

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Silicon Valley Big cities

$2,850.00

$325.00

$325.00

$1,000.00

$4,500.00 $4,100.00 $2,787.50

$262.50

$2,587.50

$937.50

$312.50

Small towns $1,300.00

$375.00

$750.00

$362.50

$4,412.50

$3,287.50

$2,012.50

$1,675.00

QUESTION 4
Rob feels that Sophisticated Survey over sampled the 18 to 25 year-old population and the Silicon Valley population. He imposes a new constraint that no more than 600 individuals can be surveyed from the 18 to 25 year-old population and no more than 650 individuals can be surveyed from the Silicon Valley population. What is the new bid?

SOLUTION 4
Region 18 to 25 25 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above total customer 2000 Region 18 to 25 25 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above Percentage of people surveyed

Silicon Valley

$4.75

$6.50

$6.50

$5.00

650

Min. COST

11388

Silicon Valley

100.00

0.00

0.00

550.00

650.00

32.5

Big cities

$5.25

$5.75

$6.25

$6.25

700

Profit margin

1708

Big cities

400.00

550.00

0.00

0.00

950.00

47.5

Small towns

$6.50

$7.50

$7.50

$7.25

400

Bid price

13096

Small towns

100.00

0.00

300.00

0.00

400.00

20

600

550

300

300

600.00

550.00

300.00

550.00

2000.00

cost matrix

Percentage of people surveyed

30

27.5

15

27.5

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Silicon Valley Big cities Small towns

$475.00

$0.00

$0.00

$2,750.00

$3,225.00

$2,100.00

$3,162.50

$0.00

$0.00

$5,262.50

$650.00

$0.00

$2,250.00

$0.00

$2,900.00

$3,225.00

$3,162.50

$2,250.00

$2,750.00

QUESTION 5
When Sophisticated Surveys calculated the cost of reaching and surveying particular individuals, the company thought that reaching individuals in young populations would be easiest. In a recently completed survey, however, Sophisticated Surveys learned that this assumption was wrong. The new costs for surveying the 18 to 25 year-old population are listed below. • Region survey cost per person • Silicon Valley $6.50 • Big cities $6.75 • Small towns $7.00 • Given the new costs, what is the new bid?

SOLUTION 5
Region 18 to 25 25 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above total customer

2000

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Percentage of people surveyed

Silicon Valley

$6.50

$6.50

$6.50

$5.00

300

Min. COST

11588

Silicon Valley

0.00

0.00

0.00

750.00

750.00

37.5

Big cities

$6.75

$5.75

$6.25

$6.25

700

Profit margin

1738

Big cities

0.00

550.00

300.00

0.00

850.00

42.5

Small towns

$7.00

$7.50

$7.50

$7.25

400

Bid price

13326

Small towns

400.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

400.00

20

400

550

300

300

400.00

550.00

300.00

750.00

2000.00

cost matrix

Percentage of people surveyed

20

27.5

15

37.5

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Silicon Valley Big cities Small towns

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$3,750.00

$3,750.00 $5,037.50 $2,800.00

$0.00

$3,162.50

$1,875.00

$0.00

$2,800.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$2,800.00

$3,162.50

$1,875.00 $3,750.00

QUESTION 6
• To ensure the desired sampling of individuals, Rob imposes even stricter • • • • • • • • • • By how much would these new requirements increase the cost of

requirements. He fixes the exact percentage of people that should be surveyed from each population. The requirements are listed below: Population percentage of people surveyed 18 to 25 25% 26 to 40 35% 41 to 50 20% 51 and over 20% Silicon Valley 20% Big cities 50% Small towns 30%
surveying for Sophisticated Surveys? Given the 15 percent profit margin, what would Sophisticated Surveys bid?

SOLUTION 6
Region 18 to 25 25 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above total customer

2000

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Percentage of people surveyed

Silicon Valley

$4.75

$6.50

$6.50

$5.00

400

Min. COST

11900

Silicon Valley

0.00

0.00

0.00

400.00

400.00

20

Big cities

$5.25

$5.75

$6.25

$6.25

1000

Profit margin

1785

Big cities

300.00

700.00

0.00

0.00

1000.00

50

Small towns

$6.50

$7.50

$7.50

$7.25

600

Bid price

13685

Small towns

200.00

0.00

400.00

0.00

600.00

30

500

700

400

400

500.00

700.00

400.00

400.00

2000.00

cost matrix

Percentage of people surveyed

25

35

20

20

Region

18 to 25

25 to 40

41 to 50

51 and above

Silicon Valley Big cities Small towns

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$2,000.00

$2,000.00 $5,600.00 $4,300.00

$1,575.00

$4,025.00

$0.00

$0.00

$1,300.00

$0.00

$3,000.00

$0.00

$2,875.00

$4,025.00 $3,000.00 $2,000.00



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