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inventory & EBQ

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • August 2, 2014 at 6:16 am #180465
    superwomen
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    Hi Sir,

    Please help me to solve this questions, thanks in advance 🙂

    1) A company purchases 5000 units /quarter at even rate throughout the year.
    Each order placed with the supplier incurs a delivery charge of $20.
    The annual cost of holding one unit in inventory is $5. What is the minimum total of the inventory costs (order costs plus holding cost) per year? The answer is $2000.

    2) A company manufactures a component for one of its products. it uses 6000 of these components evenly throughout the year. Each component costs $20 to manufacture. In addition there is a cost of $600 to set-up the machines each time a batch of the compenents is manufactured. The holding cost per unit $2. The company can produre the components at the rate of 5000 per month. What is the EBQ that should be manufactured each time? Answer is 2000 units.

    *this question i cannot get this answer, i think i put wrong figure at EOQ method.Please kindly advise & show the the calculation method. Thanks in advance 🙂

    August 2, 2014 at 7:38 am #180469
    John Moffat
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    1) You need to use the EOQ formula from the formula sheet.

    D = 4 x 5000 = 20,000; Co = 20; Ch = 5.
    So EOQ = 400

    Total order cost = 20,000/400 = 50 orders x $20 = $1,000 per year
    Total holding cost = 400/2 = 200 ave inventory x $5 = $1,000 per year
    So total inventory costs = $2,000

    2) You need to use the EBQ formula from the formula sheet

    D = 6,000; Co = 600; Ch = $2; R = 12 x 5000 = 60,000.

    EBQ = 2000 units

    August 2, 2014 at 8:37 am #180477
    superwomen
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    Thanks a lot 🙂

    August 2, 2014 at 10:54 am #180494
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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