CONNECT F/OPERATIONS MGMT
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Author: Stevenson
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Chapter 12, Problem 4P
A large law firm uses an average of 40 boxes of copier paper a day. The firm operates 260 days a year. Storage and handling costs for the paper are $30 a year per box, and it costs approximately $60 to order and receive a shipment of paper.
a. What order size would minimize the sum of annual ordering and carrying costs?
b. Compute the total annual cost using your order size from part a.
C. Except for rounding, are annual ordering and carrying costs always equal at the EOQ?
d. The office manager is currently using an order size of 200 boxes. The partners of the firm expect the office to be managed "in a cost-efficient manner." Would you recommend that the office manager use the optimal order size instead of 200 boxes? Justify your answer.
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A large law firm uses an average of 40 boxes of copier paper a day. The firm operates 260 days ayear. Storage and handling costs for the paper are $30 a year per box, and it costs approximately$60 to order and receive a shipment of paper. a. What order size would minimize the sum of annual ordering and carrying costs?b. Compute the total annual cost using your order size from part a.c. Except for rounding, are annual ordering and carrying costs always equal at the EOQ?d. The office manager is currently using an order size of 200 boxes. The partners of the firmexpect the office to be managed “in a cost-efficient manner.” Would you recommend that theoffice manager use the optimal order size instead of 200 boxes? Justify your answer.
A large law firm uses an average of 40 boxes of copier paper a day. The firm operates 260 days ayear. Storage and handling costs for the paper are $30 a year per box, and it costs approximately$60 to order and receive a shipment of paper.a. What order size would minimize the sum of annual ordering and carrying costs?b. Compute the total annual cost using your order size from part a.c. Except for rounding, are annual ordering and carrying costs always equal at the EOQ?d. The office manager is currently using an order size of 200 boxes. The partners of the firmexpect the office to be managed “in a cost-efficient manner.” Would you recommend that theoffice manager use the optimal order size instead of 200 boxes? Justify your answer.
Please show work so I can understand it.
A company decides to establish an EOQ for an item. The annual demand is 200,000 units. The ordering costs are $40 per order, and inventory-carrying costs are $16 per unit per year.
Calculate the following:
(a). The EOQ in units.
(b). Number of orders per year.
(c). Annual ordering cost, annual holding cost, and annual total cost
Chapter 12 Solutions
CONNECT F/OPERATIONS MGMT
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