LC Ltd is a distributor of semiconductor products. It purchases integrated circuit (IC) products from manufacturers...
A juice company purchases components from a variety of sources through their global network of suppliers. They are looking to determine their order quantity for PET bottles. They have forecast their demand for PET bottles for the next year to be 1195295 cases. Being a standard component, sales are expected to be constant/uniform over the course of the year. They operate 5 days per week so each year is made up of 260 days. The lead time for PET bottles...
(Comprehensive EOQ calculations) Knutson Products Inc. is involved in the production of airplane parts and has the following inventory, carrying, and storage costs: 1. Orders must be placed in round lots of 100 units. 2. Annual unit usage is 300,000. (Assume a 50-week year in your calculations.) 3. The carrying cost is 30 percent of the purchase price. 4. The purchase price is $30 per unit. 5. The ordering cost is $500 per order. 6. The desired safety stock is...
(Comprehensive EOQ calculations) Knutson Products Inc. is involved in the production of airplane parts and has the following inventory, carrying, and storage costs: 1. Orders must be placed in round lots of 100 units. 2. Annual unit usage is 400,000. (Assume a 50-week year in your calculations.) 3. The carrying cost is 25 percent of the purchase price. 4. The purchase price is $50 per unit. 5. The ordering cost is $500 per order. 6. The desired safety stock is...
Bright Star School purchases an activity box from a local supplier in quantity (D) of 18000 boxes per annum. Annual carrying cost (H) is 5 % of the price of box and ordering cost (S) is AED 200 per order. The school is open 250 days a year. The price of each box is AED 220. Apply the Economic Order quantity model of Inventory management and answer the following: Determine the optimal number of the items to order in one...
1.1 ADR Ltd purchases a particular item in lots of 1 250 units. Its annual usage of this item is 6 250 units. Ordering costs are R200 per order and the carrying (holding) costs are R10 per unit per year. Calculate each of the following: 1.1.1 The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) in units 1.1.2 Number of orders 1.1.3 Cost of orders (Order costs) 1.1.4 Average inventory held 1.1.5 Cost of holding stock (3) 1.1.5 Total cost 1.2 Study the extract...
Babies R Us Pty Ltd, a large export company produces the annual demand of 100,000 baby cots per year.In order to produce the cots, special equipment must be set up. Babies R Us takes two hours to set up the special equipment. The cost per set up is $400.The annual cost of holding a cot in inventory is $5.The production rate is 50 cots per hour.The workers work in a ten-hour shift per day.Required: Compute the optimal batch size to produce...
The Sanya Company incorporated on January 1, 2016 as a wholesaler. It purchases products from suppliers and resells the inventory to commercial customers. During 2016, Sanya engaged in various transactions. A subset of these transactions is listed below. Here are templates that are useful, but I am still confused with the processes and how to set them up. 1) 2) 3) The Sanya Company incorporated on January 1, 2016 as a wholesaler. It purchases products from suppliers and resells the...
(2) Cress Electronic Products manufactures components used in the automotive industry. Cress purchases parts for use in its manufacturing operation from a variety of different suppliers. One particular supplier provides a part where the assumptions of the EOQ model are realistic. The annual demand is 7500 units, the ordering cost is $40 per order, and the annual holding cost rate is 35%. a. Assume 350 days of operation per year. Cress Electronics wants a 97.5% service level. If the lead...
Fiber technology Inc., manufactures glass fibers used in the communications industry, The company's materials and parts manager is currently revising the inventory policy for XL-20, one of the chemicals used in the production process. The chemical is purchased in 10 pound canisters for $110 each. The firm uses 5,400 canisters per year. The controller estimates that it costs $165 to place and recieve a typical order of XL-20. The annual cost of storing XL-20 is $5.50 per canister. 2. Use...
Evaluation and testing of controls at Hales Ltd Tyrone has provided a narrative of controls over inventory at Hales Ltd and would like you to provide some advice on making the preliminary control risk assessment. Hales is a distributor of haircare products, including shampoos, conditioners and styling products throughout Australia. Hales uses an on-line ordering system. Hales does not manufacture any goods in house, instead, an inventory of raw materials is kept, with manufacturing being outsourced to other companies. Hales...