A company begins a review of ordering policies [or its continuous review system by checking the current

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A company begins a review of ordering policies [or its continuous review system by checking the current policies for a sample of SKUs. Following are the characteristics of one item.
Demand (D) =64 units/week (Assume 52 weeks per year)
Ordering and setup cost IS) = $50/order
Holding cost (11) = $13/unit/year
Lead time (L) = 2 weeks
Standard deviation of uvsk1y demand = 12 units
Cycle-service level = 88 percent
a. What Is the EOQ for this item?
b. What is the desired safety stock?
c. What is the reorder point?
d. What are the cost implications if the current policy for this Item is Q = 200 and R = 180?

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Operations management processes and supply chain

ISBN: 978-0136065760

9th edition

Authors: Lee J Krajewski, Larry P Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra

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