The trio were enjoying a game of Risk at Puteri’s house. Ah Hock “Haha! Europe is mine!”
Just then, a stout man walked up to Puteri’s gate. It was Uncle Arumugam, the local newspaper delivery man.
Ah Hock “Uncle Aru! Long time no see! Eh, what’s wrong with you”
Uncle: “Hello kids. Life has been tough. I had to change my business to deliver magazines, shopping items, and food. But something’s wrong la. I'm not able to make my business profitable like before. My delivery route takes too much time, and I'm not sure if I'm selling the right quantity of goods at the right price.”
Ah Hock: "Uncle, you problems are complex la"
Uncle: "I'm a simple man with complex problems. Life is so unfair!"
Muthu had a bright face “Uncle, I learnt two topics in Operations Research that can help”
No. 11 Optimise Delivery Routes
“We learn about Distribution and Network Models. We can apply this to find the shortest delivery route that can optimise your time”
No. 12 Optimal Number of Goods sold for each type
“Using Linear Programming, we can optimise the number of goods to sell under each product to get the maximum profits, given the costs and resource constraints”
Uncle “Thank you so much ayya!”
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