Motif is a Turkish electrotechnical company which operates a warehouse in Ankara. The company is currently considering the inventory control of a specialized electronic component in its warehouse. The annual demand for this component is 4000 units. The company applies a holding cost rate of 20% per year and its fixed order costs are 50€ (including transport costs). Over the past years, the company has followed different replenishment order policies. The replenishment order quantities applied so far as well as the associated annual holding costs and annual order costs are shown in the following Table REPLENISHMENT POLICY ORDERS PER YEAR ORDER ORDER QUANTITY ORDER COST (€) HOLDING COST (€) TOTAL COST (€) A 2 2000 100 2500 2600 B 4 1000 200 1250 1450 C 6 667 300 833 1133  Calculate the Economic Order Quantity and evaluate the minimum total yearly costs that the company might achieve and  What is the % cost deviation from the minimum total costs for each one of the company’s replenishment order quantities and  % unit deviation from the Economic Order Quantity for each one of the company’s replenishment order quantities?  Management of Motif supports that small differences in the replenishment order quantity might have a large impact on the company’s total yearly costs. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer either graphically or by performing the necessary calculations.

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Motif is a Turkish electrotechnical company which operates a warehouse in Ankara. The company is currently considering the inventory control of a specialized electronic component in its warehouse. The annual demand for this component is 4000 units. The company applies a holding cost rate of 20% per year and its fixed order costs are 50€ (including transport costs). Over the past years, the company has followed different replenishment order policies. The replenishment order quantities applied so far as well as the associated annual holding costs and annual order costs are shown in the following Table

REPLENISHMENT POLICY

ORDERS PER YEAR ORDER

ORDER QUANTITY

ORDER COST (€)

HOLDING COST (€)

TOTAL COST (€)

A

2

2000

100

2500

2600

B

4

1000

200

1250

1450

C

6

667

300

833

1133

 Calculate the Economic Order Quantity and evaluate the minimum total yearly costs that the company might achieve and  What is the % cost deviation from the minimum total costs for each one of the company’s replenishment order quantities and  % unit deviation from the Economic Order Quantity for each one of the company’s replenishment order quantities? 

Management of Motif supports that small differences in the replenishment order quantity might have a large impact on the company’s total yearly costs. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer either graphically or by performing the necessary calculations. 

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