Question: 3 . Reconsider the bolt example in Problem 2 . ( 5 2 weeks per year ) Suppose that although we have estimated the demand

3. Reconsider the bolt example in Problem 2.(52 weeks per year) Suppose that although we
have estimated the demand to be 60 units per week, it turns out that it is actually 120 units
per week (i.e., we have a 100 percent forecasting error).
(a) If we use the order size calculated in Problem 2(i.e., using the erroneous demand estimate),
what will the annual holding and ordering cost be under the true demand rate? (3 points)
(b) What would the annual total inventory management cost be if we had used the optimal
order size under the true demand rate?
(c) What percentage increase in cost was caused by the 100 percent demand forecasting error?
What does this tell you about the sensitivity of the EOQ model to errors in the data?

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