Rick Jerz is attempting to perform an inventory analysis on one of his most popular products. Annual demand for this product is 5,000 units; carrying cost is $50 per unit per year; order costs for his company typically run nearly $30 per order; and lead time averages 10 days. (Assume 250 working days per year.) a) The economic order quantity is 77 units (round your response to the nearest whole number). b) The average inventory is units (round your response the nearest whole number). c) The optimal number of orders per year is orders (round your response to the nearest whole number).

Fush uses an average of 40 boxes of paper serviettes a day. The restaurant operates 260 days per year, storage and handling costs for the serviettes are $ 30 per year per box, and it costs approximately $60 to order and receive a shipment of serviettes. a. Calculating the order size would minimise the sum of annual ordering and carrying costs? b. compute the total annual costs using your size from part a?

A regional supermarket is open 360 days a year. Daily use of cash register tapes is 15 rolls. The purchase price of the tape is $ 2 and inventory carrying cost is 60 cents per roll a year. Ordering cost is $ 20 per order. The order replenishment lead time is 7 days.   What is the Order Point (re-order point) assuming demand is known and constant?

A company stocks an item that is consumed at the rate of 20 units each day. Every time an order is placed for new supply, $ 100 must be paid. A unit inventory held in stock will cost $ 0.15. (a) What is the economic order quantity (EOQ)?  (b) What is the cycle time for the EOQ? (c) What is the total cost for the EOQ? (d) What is the total cost if the order quantity is 300 more than EOQ? (e) What is the optimum number of orders (rounded to the closest integer) that the company has to place each year? Assume that the company has a standing policy of not allowing shortages in demand.

​EOQ, reorder​ point, and safety stock   Alexis Company uses 937units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The product has a fixed cost of ​$44 per order, and its carrying cost is ​$4 per unit per year. It takes 5 days to receive a shipment after an order is​ placed, and the firm wishes to hold 10​ days' usage in inventory as a safety stock.   a. Calculate the EOQ. b. Determine the average level of inventory.   ​(Note​: Use a​ 365-day year to calculate daily​ usage.) c. Determine the reorder point. d. Indicate which of the following variables change if the firm does not hold the safety​ stock: (1) order​ cost, (2) carrying​ cost, (3) total inventory​ cost, (4) reorder​ point, (5) economic order quantity.

Palin’s Muffler Shop has one standard muffler that fits a large variety of cars. The shop wishes to establish a periodic review system to manage inventory of this standard muffler. Use the information in the following table to determine the optimal inventory target level (or order-up-to level).                   Annual demand   2,750 mufflers Ordering cost $ 35 per order Standard deviation of daily demand   6 mufflers per working day Service probability   76 % Item cost $ 28.00 per muffler Lead time   4 working days Annual holding cost   22 % of item value Working days   275 per year Review period   21 working days             a. What is the optimal target level (order-up-to level)?      If the service probability requirement is 93 percent, the optimal target level will: Increase Decrease Stay the same

Alpha Products, Inc., is having a problem trying to control inventory. There is insufficient time to devote to all its items equally. The following is a sample of some items stocked, along with the annual usage of each item expressed in dollar volume. ITEM ANNUAL DOLLAR USAGE ITEM ANNUAL DOLLAR USAGE a S 30, 100 k S 1,700 b 27,000 120,000 c 93,000 m 111,000 d 1,400 n 3,000 e 1,800 o 500 f 30,000 p 114, 000 g 1,600 q 2,600 h 2,500 г 28,000 i 3, 200 s 2, 800 j 1,500 t 3, 100 a. Suggest a system for allocating control time? multiple choice ABC analysis Cycle counting b. Specify where each item from the list would be placed.

Petromax Enterprises uses a continuous review inventorycontrol system for one of its SKUs. The following informationis available on the item. The firm operates 50 weeks in a year.Demand = 50,000 units>yearOrdering cost = $35>orderHolding cost = $2>unit>yearAverage lead time = 3 weeksStandard deviation of weekly demand = 125 unitsa. What is the economic order quantity for this item?b. If Petromax wants to provide a 90 percent cycle-servicelevel, what should be the safety stock and the reorder point?

Blue Wave corp will need 275,000 units of raw materials next year. The purchase price of the raw materials per unit is 950. The ordering cost for each order is 2,000, while the carrying cost is 30% of the average inventory value. Calculate:a. The most economical order quantity (EOQ)b. How many times should the company order in a year?c. How many days should the company place an order once (1 year = 365 days)?

Sunrise Garden Center buys 425 bags of fertilizer per month for feeding and weeding lawns. The ordering cost is $15.00. Holding cost is $0.10 per bag per year. a. How many bags should Sunrise order at a time? Sunrise should order bags at a time. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) b. What is the time between orders? The time between orders is months. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.)