The Use of Fuzzy Linear Programming in The Production of Beekeeping Materials: Werners Approach

Industrial developments have led to an increase in the production mechanism alternatives, which has led to decision makers remaining in contradictions during the decision making process. While consumers prefer a product, they choose from many alternatives in order of their priorities. Determining the supply possibilities in the face of this consumer population by firms has revealed the necessity to choose the most suitable production techniques and quantities for them from some production alternatives. This is a process full of uncertainties and it is one of the many challenges faced by enterprises to make decisions in this environment of uncertainty. “The fuzzy sets” concept developed by Zadeh in 1965 aimed to give a direction to the decision-making mechanisms in the framework of this uncertainty. In environments with uncertainty, this system, which aims to make flexible decisions, becomes more important in our age. In this study, data of an enterprise, producing beekeeping products, were analyzed. In this study, firstly, linear programming model was created and the results were evaluated with Werners approach which is one of the fuzzy linear programming (FLP) methods. As a result of the study, the firm which is analyzed should produce 1,366667 pieces of hives, 2,533334 pieces of sherbet and 83,335 of the frame in order to maximize the daily average profit. In addition, the fact that it is not possible to realize a decimal amount in real production is not taken into consideration