Romans sells the Regular blend for $3.60 per pound and the DeCaf blend for $4.40 per pound. Romans would like to place an order for the Brazilian and Colombian coffee beans that will enable the production of 800 pounds of Romans Regular coffee and 300 pounds of Romans DeCaf coffee. The production cost is $0.80 per pound for the Regular blend. Because the extra steps required to produce DeCaf, the production cost for the DeCaf blend is $1.05 per pound. Packaging costs for both products are $0.25 per pound. (a) Formulate a linear programming model that can be used to determine the pounds of Brazilian Natural and Colombian Mild that will maximize the total contribution to profit. (Le BR pounds of Brazilian beans purchased to produce Regular, BD = pounds of Brazilian beans purchased to produce DeCaf, CR= pounds of Colombian beans purchased to produce Regular, and CD= pounds of Colombian beans purchased to produce DeCaf.) Max s.t. Regular % constraint DeCaf % constraint Pounds of Regular Pounds of DeCaf BR+ CR900 (b) What is the optimal solution? (BR, BD, CR, CD) = x (c) What is the contribution to profit (in $)? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) $ 2786.18 X

PART A Speedy Bicycle Company (SBC) is a wholesale distributor of a wide variety of bicycles and bicycle parts. The most popular model is the Dragonfly, which sells for $170. All manufacturing is done at a plant in China, and shipment takes a month (30 days) from the time an order is placed. The estimated order cost is $75, including customs clearance. SBC's cost per bicycle is 65% of retail price, and inventory carrying cost is 11% per year of SBC's cost. If the company cannot fulfill a retail order, the retailer will get the shipment from another distributor and SBC loses that business. SBC is planning inventory for 2023 based on forecasted demand and wants to maintain a 93% service level to minimize lost orders. The company has 300 working days per year. 2021 Forecasted Demand for the Dragonfly Bicycle Model: F A J 15 58 J 8 M 31 M 96 J 59 38 A 23 S 16 0 14 N 26 D 41

PART A Speedy Bicycle Company (SBC) is a wholesale distributor of a wide variety of bicycles and bicycle parts. The most popular model is the Dragonfly, which sells for $170. All manufacturing is done at a plant in China, and shipment takes a month (30 days) from the time an order is placed. The estimated order cost is $75, including customs clearance. SBC's cost per bicycle is 65% of retail price, and inventory carrying cost is 11% per year of SBC's cost. If the company cannot fulfill a retail order, the retailer will get the shipment from another distributor and SBC loses that business. SBC is planning inventory for 2023 based on forecasted demand and wants to maintain a 93% service level to minimize lost orders. The company has 300 working days per year. 2021 Forecasted Demand for the Dragonfly Bicycle Model: F A M J 15 58 96 J 8 M 31 J per order 1 Inventory Activity 59 38 (round to nearest cent) 2 bicycles 6 A 23 Develop an inventory plan for the Dragonfly model. Canvas responses…

The following table shows financial data (year 2009) for two US retailers: Save-A-Lot Retailers and Wally’s Mart. Assume that both companies have an average annual holding cost rate of 20% (i.e. it costs both retailers $2 to hold an item for one entire year that they procured for $10). *Refer to attached image* How much lower, on average, is the inventory cost for Save-A-Lot compared to Wally’s Mart of a household cleaner valued at $50 COGS? Give your answer in terms of dollars. Assume that the unit cost of the household cleaner is the same for both companies and that the price and the inventory turns of an item are independent.

Sam is at the post office to mail a package. After he pays for mailing the package, the clerk asks if he would like to buy some stamps. Sam pauses to think before he answers. He doesnt have a credit card with him. After paying for the package, he has about $30 in his pocket. Analyze this from an inventory standpoint. Identify the relevant considerations.

Demand for a product is relatively constant at 5 units per day. Lead time for this product is normally distributed with a mean of 20 days and a standard deviation of 4 days. (a) What reorder point provides an 80 percent service level? (b) What reorder point provides a 90 percent service level? (c) If the lead time standard deviation can be reduced from 4 days to 1, what reorder point now provides 90 percent service? How much is safety stock reduced by this change?

Sam is at the post office to mail a package. After he pays for mailing the package, the clerk asksif he would like to buy some stamps. Sam pauses to think before he answers. He doesn’t have acredit card with him. After paying for the package, he has about $30 in his pocket. Analyze thisfrom an inventory standpoint. Identify the relevant considerations.

Conduct a detailed comparative analysis between the Wilson approach and the ABC analysis method for inventory management.

Acme Inc. has decided to outsource and offshore a small electric motor that it currently manufactures itself. It has found an offshore supplier that charges $925,000 for a minimum order quantity of 5,000 motors. Shipping costs for this quantity are $15,000. The buyer expects to place four orders per year to meet its annual need for 20,000 motors. Annual carrying cost is 25% of unit price, and import tariffs are 12% of unit price. The company expects to spend $12,500 per year on contracting and relationship maintenance.What is the total cost of outsourcing and offshoring this motor?

Define the various elements of a good inventory management.