In problem 15.1, if the annual carrying cost is 18% per unit, what will be the annual

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In problem 15.1, if the annual carrying cost is 18% per unit, what will be the annual savings in carrying cost?


In problem 15.1

A company carries 10 items in stock, each with an economic order quantity of $20,000. Through a program of component standardization, the 10 items are reduced to 5. The total annual demand is the same, but the annual demand for each item is twice what it was before. In Chapter 10, we learned that the economic order quantity varies as the square root of the annual demand.

Economic Order Quantity
Economic order quantity (EOQ) is the ideal order quantity a company should purchase to minimize inventory costs such as holding costs, shortage costs, and order costs. This production-scheduling model was developed in 1913 by Ford W. Harris and has...
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Introduction To Materials Management

ISBN: 978-9386873248

8th edition

Authors: Arnold J. R. Tony, Gatewood Ann K., M. Clive Lloyd N. Chapman Stephen

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