1. Define the business problem and come up with a technique which can be helpful in
analyzing this situation
2. Formulate and resolve situations for 20 and 40% curtailment of natural gas usage
3. Formulate and resolve distribution plan from MaxEnergy to BarCo
4. Based on your analysis, provide a discussion on BarCo’s options and your
recommendations for (i) the production and (ii) distribution plan; during the curtailment
scenario
5. Conduct the sensitivity analysis and describe the outcomes (for both production and
distribution plans) in simple terms for the top management
6. Profit margins for products from BarCo has a lot of fluctuations. Provide your
recommendations for the management in terms of the impact of such changes on the
production plans