REQUIRED:
Advice the management of the supermarket on whether to take advantages of the discount offer.
b) Wilson an automotive technician has been operating a garage in Mombasa for the past two years. A year ago he converted part of his garage to a welding shop making and selling metal doors and windows. He had anticipated that he cost of welding shop would primarily be final but has realized that the welding cost increased with the increase in number of welding job assignment. The costs of welding job assignments are as follows.
Perched |
No of welding job assignments |
Total cost sh ‘000’ |
Sept 2008 |
280 |
700 |
Oct 2008 |
800 |
860 |
Nov 2008 |
1,240 |
110 |
Dec 2008 |
1,000 |
960 |
Jan 2009 |
600 |
720 |
Feb 2009 |
920 |
910 |
Mar 2009 |
860 |
880 |
Apr 2009 |
1,200 |
260 |
REQUIRED:
Formulate an equation to estimate the total cost of the welding shop and compute the cost of undertakings 1256 assignment using
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Part 1
Part 2
Purchasing cost (480000*20) | 9,600,000 | |||
Ordering cost (Number of order = 480000/12000=40) (40*1500) | 60,000 | |||
Carrying cost (Average stock = 12000/2 = 6000) (6000*10) | 60,000 | |||
Total annual cost under the EOQ Policy | 9,720,000 |
Part 3
New purchase price per pen (20-(20*10%)) | 18 | |||
Carrying cost per pen | 8.00 | |||
Add: annual finance cost per pen (18*10%) | 1.80 | |||
Annul carrying cost per pen (C) | 9.80 | |||
Purchasing cost (480000*18) | 8,640,000 | |||
Ordering cost (Number of order = 480000/72000=6.67 = 7 Orders) (7*1500) | 10,500 | |||
Carrying cost (Average stock = 72000/2 = 36000) (36000*9.80) | 352,800 | |||
Total annual cost under using the discount offer | 9,003,300 |
Advice the management of the supermarket on whether to take advantages of the discount offer. | ||||
Total annual cost under the EOQ Policy | 9,720,000 | |||
Total annual cost under using the discount offer | 9,003,300 | |||
Lowest cost is better option. | ||||
Management should take advantages of the discount offer. |
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