Samantha Ross is the procurement manager for the headquarters of a large Financial company chain with a central inventory operation. Ross’ quick-moving inventory item has a demand of 7,000 units per year. Each unit cost $120, and the inventory holding cost is $15 per unit per year. The average ordering cost is $31 per order. It takes about 6 days for an order to arrive. (This is a corporate operation, and there are 250 working days per year.)   a) What is the EOQ? b) What is the average inventory if the EOQ is used? c) What is the optimal number of orders per year?

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Samantha Ross is the procurement manager for the headquarters of a large Financial company chain with a central inventory operation. Ross’ quick-moving inventory item has a demand of 7,000 units per year. Each unit cost $120, and the inventory holding cost is $15 per unit per year. The average ordering cost is $31 per order. It takes about 6 days for an order to arrive. (This is a corporate operation, and there are 250 working days per year.)

 

  1. a) What is the EOQ?
  2. b) What is the average inventory if the EOQ is used?
  3. c) What is the optimal number of orders per year?

 

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