Question: Given the following information, formulate an inventory management system. The item is demanded 50 weeks a year. PARAMETER VALUE PARAMETER VALUE Item cost $ 8.00
Given the following information, formulate an inventory management system. The item is demanded 50 weeks a year.
| PARAMETER | VALUE | PARAMETER | VALUE | |||
| Item cost | $ | 8.00 | Standard deviation of weekly demand | 20 | per week | |
| Order cost | $ | 223.00 | Lead time | 4 | week | |
| Annual holding cost | 28 | % of item cost | Service probability | 99 | % | |
| Annual demand | 27,400 | |||||
| Average weekly demand | 548 | per week | ||||
a. Determine the order quantity and reorder point. (Use Excel's NORM.S.INV() function to find the z value. Round z value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)
b. Determine the annual holding and order costs. (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
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