In planning your inventory management, the first thing you have decided to do is calculate the economic order quantity

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You have recently been promoted to working capital manager of Inventory Ltd, a company which manufactures a single electronic component. One of the major responsibilities in your new role is to manage the inventory levels within the company. Currently, the company has no structured technique to manage inventory which has resulted in the company experiencing excessive stock-outs and losing sales. Going forward, you have decided that the company should apply an economic order quantity model. You have gathered the following information for the year ahead:

Selling price and cost

The selling price per component is R175. The cost of manufacturing the electronic component is R120.

Other costs related to the inventory

The holding cost of one unit per annum is R17 while the fixed cost of ordering inventory is R250.

Expected sales

Based on the forecasts prepared by the newly appointed marketing manager and her team, the probability of unit sales for the next year is estimated as follows:

Probability

Sales units

25%

125 000

50%

150 000

25%

175 000

 

In planning your inventory management, the first thing you have decided to do is calculate the economic order quantity. You have determined this to be Answer units (rounded to the nearest unit).

Given the history of stock-outs in the company, you have decided that it is important to hold safety inventory. You have determined the potential safety inventory holding levels to be 0 units or 25 000 units. You have determined the total cost of inventory at each of these levels to be (rounded to the nearest cent):

0 units: RAnswer

25 000 units: RAnswer

Therefore, you have concluded that holding Answer units is optimal for the company.

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