Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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ISBN: 9781478623069
Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 4.7, Problem 24P
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Interpretation: the optimal order quantity

Concept introduction: EOQ is calculated on two costs, ordering costs, i.e. the cost of placing an order or cost of acquiring inventory, and carrying costs or holding costs ,i.e. The cost of keeping the inventory in the firm, like store keeping costs, obsolescence losses, rent of storage facility etc. EOQ gives us the balance between these two costs as these costs are inversely related to each other.

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