Operations Management
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 10, Problem 2CQ
A delivery truck from a food wholesaler has just delivered fresh meat and produce to a local restaurant. This meat and produce would be categorized as which type of inventory by the restaurant?
- a. Raw materials inventory
- b. Work-in-process inventory
- c. Finished goods inventory
- d. Seasonal inventory
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Additional units that are held in inventory to reduce stock-outs are called _______.
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Safety stock
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Re-order level
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EOQ
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Batch size
Your firm uses a periodic review system for all SKUs classified, using ABC analysis, as B or C items. Further, it uses a continuous review system for all SKUs classified as A items. The demand for a specific SKU, currently classified as an A item, has been dropping. You have been asked to evaluate the impact of moving the item from continuous review to periodic review. Assume your firm operates 52 weeks per year; the item’s current characteristics are:Demand 1D2 = 15,080 units/yearOrdering cost 1S2 = $125.00/orderHolding cost 1H2 = $3.00/unit/yearLead time 1L2 = 5 weeksCycle@service level = 95 percentDemand is normally distributed, with a standard deviation of weekly demand of 64 units.a. Calculate the item’s EOQ.b. Use the EOQ to define the parameters of an appropriate continuous review and periodic review system for this item.c. Which system requires more safety stock and by how much?
It is an inventory model that is intended to minimize the ordering and carrying cost of an inventory
Chapter 10 Solutions
Operations Management
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