Suzuki is a company that manufactures motorcycles. It produces 450 motorcycles a month. It buys tyres for motorcycles from Dunlop at a cost of $20 per tyre. The company’s inventory carrying cost per tyre is estimated to be 15% of the cost per tyre. The cost per order is calculated at 250% of the cost per tyre. Rquirement: i) Calculate the EOQ. ii) Determine the number of orders per year? iii) Compute the total cost.

Suzuki is a company that manufactures motorcycles. It produces 450 motorcycles a month. It buys tyres for motorcycles from Dunlop at a cost of $20 per tyre. The company’s inventory carrying cost per tyre is estimated to be 15% of the cost per tyre. The cost per order is calculated at 250% of the cost per tyre. Rquirement: i) Calculate the EOQ. ii) Determine the number of orders per year? iii) Compute the total cost.

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Chapter16: Lean Supply Chain Management

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 10DQ: The chapter presented various approaches for the control of inventory investment. Discuss three...

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