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PLEASE TELL ME THE DERRIVATION OF FORMULA OF EOQ

CCKLP11y ago
SIR, I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW THE DERRIVATION OF FORMULA OF EOQ WITH EXAMPLE. PLEASE GUIDE ME
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#1
Please do not type in capital letters. The derivation is not in the syllabus - it involves differentiating which cannot be asked in ACCA exams. I assume that you know how to differentiate (if not then I am certainly not going to teach you on here :-) ) If the order quantity is Q, then (using the same symbols as the formula does): the order cost per year is D/Q x Co The holding cost per year is Q/2 x Ch So the total cost is (D/Q x Co) + (Q/2 x Ch) For minimum total cost, you differentiate with respect to Q, and make equal to zero. Then you will have the formula.
CCKLP11y ago#2
Thank you very much, sir.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#3
You are welcome :-)
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