Inv Notes
Inv Notes
Abe Feinberg
What is the order quantity such that the total cost is minimized?
1. Total cost = holding cost + ordering cost
= (order quantity/2) x holding cost per unit per year + (annual demand/order quantity) x
cost per order
2. Optimal order quantity (Q*) is found when annual holding cost = ordering cost
ABC Analysis -- classify inventory into 3 groups according to its annual dollar
volume/usage
Annual dollar volume = annual demand x cost
An example:
Inventory costs
1. Holding or carrying costs: storage, insurance, investment, pilferage, etc.
Annual holding cost = average inventory level x holding cost per unit per year
= order quantity/2 x holding cost per unit per year
2. Setup or ordering costs: cost involved in placing an order or setting up the equipment
to make the product
Annual ordering cost = no. of orders placed in a year x cost per order
= annual demand/order quantity x cost per order
Cost formulas
Annual carrying cost =Average Inventory*C = (Q/2)*C
Annual Ordering Cost=orders per year*S= (D/Q)*S
TSC= carrying cost plus order cost == (Q/2)*C + (D/Q)*S
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EOQ = 2DS/C and for the EOQ the minimum TSC= 2DSC = C*EOQ
Assumptions 1,3 and 4 for the Basic model still hold, but the second assumption is
changed so that delivery lead time is known but delivery takes place at a rate of p units
per day until the order is filled and the delivery rate p is greater than the usage rate d units
per day.
Note that the order quantity is up and the total costs are down.
Assumptions 1, 2 and 3 for the Basic model hold, but quantity discounts are allowed.
TMC= total annual material costs = carrying cost + order cost + acquisition cost
1. Compute the theoretical EOQ for each price using the formula for the basic model
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2DS/C but noting that C will be a fraction of the acquisition cost.
2. For each price, find the nearest feasible quantity to the theoretical EOQ. This is the
best feasible quantity for that price.
3. For each best feasible quantity determined in step 2, calculate the TMC.
4. The best overall order quantity is the one determined in step 2 with the lowest TMC
determined in step 3.
The template on the last page of this material may be useful in organizing your
calculations.
Using the expected demand during the lead time (EDDLT) and the standard deviation of
demand during the lead time DDLT the order point OP can be determined as expected
demand during the lead time plus Safety Stock or OP= EDDLT + SS.
Demand during the known lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 400 and a
standard deviation of 50. Determine the order point if the risk of a stockout is desired to be
not more than .04 .
The order point would be the demand value that is exceeded not more than .04 of the
time. Looking in the normal probability table on p. 774, for the z value that yields an
area of .96 (from 1.0-.04) we find z = 1.75 .
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