An electronic store uses continuous review policy to manage the inventory of its high selling monitor model. The monitor has the following characteristics. The annual demand for the monitor is (4000 *2) units per week. The monitors are bought from an offshore supplier at a unit price of 7000 AED per unit and each order costs 80000 AED. The holding cost of laptops is 25% of the value of the product. What would be the average time between orders (in weeks)? What would be the average inventory level? The electronic store is considering a local supplier. The ordering cost of the new supplier is 65000 AED however the unit price of the monitor is 9000 AED. Should the electronic store change its supplier

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...
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Topic Video
Question

An electronic store uses continuous review policy to manage the inventory of its high selling monitor model. The monitor has the following characteristics. The annual demand for the monitor is (4000 *2) units per week. The monitors are bought from an offshore supplier at a unit price of 7000 AED per unit and each order costs 80000 AED. The holding cost of laptops is 25% of the value of the product.

  1.  
  2. What would be the average time between orders (in weeks)?
  3. What would be the average inventory level?
  4. The electronic store is considering a local supplier. The ordering cost of the new supplier is 65000 AED however the unit price of the monitor is 9000 AED. Should the electronic store change its supplier
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Inventory management
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781285869681
Author:
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning