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The programme examines the application of linear programming techniques to decision making in the animal feedstuff industry.
The programme examines the application of linear programming techniques to decision making in the animal feedstuff industry.
| Module code and title: | T341, Systems modelling |
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| Item code: | T341; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 11-04-1975 |
| Published: | 1975 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | David Nelson |
| Contributors: | J.R Hurst; Richard Morris; Edgar Pye; Nigel Selby; Glyn Thomas |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Animal feedstuffs; Farmers; Feed formulations; Linear programming model; Milling process; Profit; Raw materials; W & J Pye & Co. |
| Footage description: | Edgar Pye, director of an animal feedstuff firm (W. & J. Pye and Co.) discusses what he sees as the most important areas of decision making in the company. Richard Morris with an analogue linear programming computer explains how W. & J. Pye use it to assist both short and long term decisioin making. Morris demonstrates how the programmer is set up. Film shots of the mill at W. & J. Pye in operation. J.R. Hurst, the works manager, explains the constraints which the machinery places on optimum solutions. Shots of the University of Lancaster campus. Glyn Thomas explains how nutritionists arrive at a nutritious mix for animals. Edgar Pye also briefly discusses the function of the nutritionist. A pig farmer, Nigel Selby, on his farm, explains the diet he has worked out for the pigs in different stages of their life cycle. Several shots of pigs while he talks. Glyn Thomas explains how Commercial feedstuff can be made to meet the needs of pigs of different ages. Nigel Selby explains how pig farmers overcome this problem. More shots of pigs on the farm. Glyn Thomas discusses the difficulties which can arise when using linear programming for least cost feed compounding. Nigel Selby explains how pigs' own likes and dislikes can upset the least cost approach to feed compounding. Shots of pigs feeding while he talks. Glyn Thomas discusses the effects of feed compound on the quality and appearance of meat. The cost components of the feed compounding process is examined. Shots of telephone negotiation between a grain supplier and a compound manufacturer. Edgar Pye explains where the grain comes from. Shots of grain being off-loaded at a port while he talks. Shots of the Baltic Exchange, London at work. Alan Harper explains how the price of grain is determined and the factors which affect it. Edgar Pye explains how linear programming can cope with all these variables, particularly the price of grain. Richard Morris sums up. Several still shots of the meat production process from feed manufacture to the butcher shop. Edgar Pye sums up with a brief statement on the value of linear programming to feed compounding. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71696 |
| Production number: | 00525_5173 |
| Videofinder number: | 1362 |
| Available to public: | no |
