Application of Linear Programming to Analyze Profit of Flour Factory, in the Case of Sanate Flour Factory, at Robe Town

The purpose of this study was to analyze the total production and profit of Sanate flour factory located in Ethiopia, Oromia regional state, Bale zone, Robe town, by applying linear programming. A factory is situated within Robe town about 430 KM, from Addis Ababa (Capital of Ethiopia). Today linear programming was the most popular method of manipulating a large amount of data. Hence, Different studies bring out the necessity of using quantitative techniques for utilization in the factory. So, in this paper to analyze the production and profit of this factory, the study incorporates different steps; the first step is collecting data. A data collecting formats prepared and circulated among factory staff to executive managers, co-managers, sellers, machine operators, and technicians to determine the production, sales, and profit during five months of November 30, 2018- June 18, 2019. In the second step, a collected data is modeled to mathematical form, particularly modeled to linear program. In the third step the mathematical modeled data was solved (analyzed). Finally, depending on the empirical results (the solution of a modeled data) some problem facing the factory was indicated and the solution for the problem has been recommended