Inventory Control (part 1) The EOQ Formula – ACCA Management Accounting (MA)
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Example 1
(a) why only reorder cost is calculated for the whole year (40,000/500=80@20=1600), while inventory holding cost is calculated only for one time order ((500/2=250*(25*10%))=625
is 625 cost is only for 500 units or for the whole 40,000 yearly units?
Please clarify, i can’t sleep untill i understand
Where did the total of $2225 come from after the the $625?
It was added to the 1,600 above it (the reorder cost).
why was total purchase cost (20*40000) while calculating the annual inventory cost at different reorder quantities was not included in the calculation?
Because unless there are quantity discounts (which is covered later in the lectures) then the total purchase cost over the year is the same whatever the order quantity, and is therefore not relevant to the decision.
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In management accounting, when using the EOQ formula we assume that the inventory holding cost will be half of the quantity ordered multiply into inventory holding cost value value, and then we assume that this is what it is going to cost us for the whole year but does it give us the holding value of just one ordered batch? since we are going to incurr the same cost of all the future batches they why dont we multiply it by future order number as well?
The average inventory level (which is half the order quantity) is the average level throughout the year.
We multiply by the holding cost per unit per year and so the result is the total holding cost for the year.
There is a variation on the Total Holding Cost equation where we add min inventory to Q/2 , when can and can’t we use this variation of the equation ?
If you are given the demand per month, then multiply by 12 to get the demand per year.
When Demand units given on per month how to calculate eoq ? It鈥檚 demand units * one year quarter 4 or demand units * 12 months which one is correct ?