Question: A manager just received a new price list for boxes from a supplier. It will now cost $ 1.00 a box for order quantities of

A manager just received a new price list for boxes from a supplier. It will now cost $ 1.00 a box for order quantities of SOI or more, $1.10 a box for 200 to 800, and $1.20 a box for smaller quantities. Ordering cost is $40 per order and holding cost rate is 40 percent of unit cost per year. The company uses 3,600 boxes a year. The manager lias suggested a “round number'5 order quantity of 800 boxes. The manager's rationale is that total annual inventory cost is U-shaped and fairly flat at its minimum. Therefore, the difference in total annual cost between 800 and 801 units would be small anyway. How would you reply to the manager’s suggestion? What order quantity would you recommend?

Step by Step Solution

3.35 Rating (179 Votes )

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock

Even though the inventory total cost curve is fairly flat around its minimum when there are ... View full answer

blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Document Format (1 attachment)

Word file Icon

686-B-M-L-O-M (5061).docx

120 KBs Word File

Students Have Also Explored These Related Management Leadership Questions!