Thank You Hui for your response. I will have to play around with Solver a bit because I have never used it. There really is no more constraints except that the mill cuts 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, and 2x12's lumber in lengths of 8-10-12-14-16-18-20-22-24 feet. A "Charge" must be 96' in length and...
I am trying to figure out how to calculate a "Charge" for a lumber mill. The lumber is in various lengths from 8-24 feet long and needs to equal 96 feet total length to fit (98 absolute max) in the drying kiln. The other variable is the number of "stacks" of each size. There needs to be at least...