The distribution manager for Putnam Corporation is trying to establish the most economic ordering policy for the standard model of its best-selling microwave oven. He has control of the finished goods warehouse for the factory and must satisfy wholesaler demand. The following information is available: Wholesale value $100 Annual demand 50,000 units Std. Deviation of Demand 30 units per day Working year 250 days Production lead time 9 days Ordering cost for production $1,800 Holding cost per unit per year 20% of value Desired service level 96 percent If on the other hand, Putnam wishes to use the periodic review system, what should be the safety stock, reorder point? If the current on hand inventory is 1,000 units, how many units should be ordered?

Fisk Corporation is trying to improve its inventory control system and has installed an online system at its retail stores. Fisk anticipates sales of 58,800 units per year, an ordering cost of $4 per order, and carrying costs of $1.50 per unit. In the second year, Fisk Corporation finds that it can reduce ordering costs to $1 per order, but carrying costs will stay the same at $1.50 per unit. a-1. What is the economic ordering quantity for the second year? Economic ordering quantity (EOQ) a-2. How many orders will be placed during the second year? Number of orders a-3. What will the average inventory be for the second year? Average inventory Total costs units units a-4. What is the total cost of ordering and carrying inventory for second year? LA

The distribution manager for Divine Corporation is trying to establish the most economic ordering policy for the standard model of its best-selling microwave oven. He has control of the finished goods warehouse for the factory and must satisfy wholesaler demand. The following information is available:   Wholesale Value $100 Annual Demand 50,000 units Standard Deviation of Demand 30 units per day Working Year 250 days Production Lead Time 9 days Ordering Cost for Production $1,800 Holding Cost per unit per year 20% of value Desired Service Level 96 percent       If Divine decides to use a continuous review system, what should be economic order quantity, safety stock, and the reorder point? If on the other hand, Divine wishes to use the periodic review system, what should be the safety stock, reorder point? If the current on hand inventory is 1,000 units, how many units should be ordered?

A pharmacist is trying to determine the inventory order and stock levels for a particular drug. The following information is available about the drug. Demand (D) 85 tablets/week Working weeks per year 52 weeks Unit holding cost per year (H) $6 Order cost (S) $44/order Standard deviation of weekly demand (sd) 15 tablets Lead time (L) 2 weeks Desired cycle service level 95% If the pharmacist uses the continuous review (Q) system to control the inventory of the drug, what would be the order quantity and reorder point? If the pharmacist uses the periodic review (P) system to control the inventory of the drug, what would be the review interval and target inventory level? (Hint: Use the EOQ model to derive the review interval P)

A sports fan store sells hats. The following are associated characteristics for hats Annual Demand  16000 units Ordering costs $26   Holding costs $4 per unit/year   **round all your answers to the nearest whole number a) The EOQ for the hats is b) The annual holding costs for the hats at the EOQ are c) The annual ordering costs for the hats at the EOQ are     2. Antique manufactures old-fashioned telephones for use in movie scenes (and other displays). Antique's annual demand for rotary telephones is 33,000 units per year, so it needs just as many receptors to assemble the phones. Receptors are ordered from a supplier, and shipping and handling costs are $15 per order (regardless of how many units are on order). The holding costs are $7/unit/year. If the current company policy calls for orders of 3,000 receptors, what are the total annual inventory costs for the receptors? round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.

Charlie's Pizza orders all of its pepperoni, olives, anchovies, and mozzarella cheese to be shipped directly from Italy. An American distributor stops by every six weeks to take orders. Because the orders are shipped directly from Italy, they take five weeks to arrive. Charlie's Pizza uses an average of 160 pounds of pepperoni each week, with a standard deviation of 26 pounds. Charlie's prides itself on offering only the best-quality ingredients and a high level of service, so it wants to ensure a 99 percent probability of not stocking out on pepperoni. Assume that the sales representative just walked in the door and there are currently 500 pounds of pepperoni in the walk-in cooler. How many pounds of pepperoni would you order? (Use Excel's NORMSINV() function to find the correct critical value for the given a-level. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "z" value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.) Amount of pepperoni's ordered pounds

Weekly Average Demand 110 Standard deviation of (weekly) demand 30 Setup cost ($) 1400 Lead time (in weeks) 2 Procurement cost ($) 200 Holding cost /unit/week ($) 3 You are given the demand and inventory related information about a grocery store’s product in the table. The store is open for 46 weeks in a year. What is the reorder point if it wants to achieve a service level of 97%? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole number.

Charlie's Pizza orders all of its pepperoni, olives, anchovies, and mozzarella cheese to be shipped directly from Italy. An American distributor stops by every four weeks to take orders. Because the orders are shipped directly from Italy, they take three weeks to arrive. Charlie's Pizza uses an average of 250 pounds of pepperoni each week, with a standard deviation of 50 pounds. Charlie's prides itself on offering only the best-quality ingredients and a high level of service, so it wants to ensure a 90% probability of not stocking out on pepperoni. Assume that the sales representative just walked in the door and there are currently 450 pounds of pepperoni in the walk-in cooler. How many pounds of pepperoni would you order?

Charlie’s Pizza orders all of its pepperoni, olives, anchovies, and mozzarella cheese to be shipped directly from Italy. An American distributor stops every four weeks to take orders. Because the orders are shipped directly from Italy, they take three weeks to arrive. Charlie’s Pizza uses an average of 150 pounds of pepperoni each week, with a standard deviation of 30 pounds. Charlie’s prides itself on offering only the best quality ingredientsand a high level of service, so it wants to ensure a 98 percent probability of not stocking out on pepperoni. Assume that the sales representative just walked in the door and there are currently 500 pounds of pepperoni in the walk-in cooler. How many pounds of pepperoni would you order? (Answer in Appendix D)

Charlie's Pizza orders all of its pepperoni, olives, anchovies, and mozzarella cheese to be shipped directly from Italy. An American distributor stops by every six weeks to take orders. Because the orders are shipped directly from Italy, they take five weeks to arrive.Charlie's Pizza uses an average of 200 pounds of pepperoni each week, with a standard deviation of 32 pounds. Charlie's prides itself on offering only the best-quality ingredients and a high level of service, so it wants to ensure a 95 percent probability of not stocking out on pepperoni.Assume that the sales representative just walked in the door and there are currently 420 pounds of pepperoni in the walk-in cooler. How many pounds of pepperoni would you order? (Use Excel's NORM.S.INV() function to find the z value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round z value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)