Question: QUESTION 3 3 . 1 A company has had a steady demand of 4 2 0 0 0 units per year. The company is able

QUESTION 3
3.1 A company has had a steady demand of 42000 units per year. The company is able to produce 240 units per day, and is in operation 350 days a year. The cost of setting up for production is R260 and the annual holding cost per unit per year is R140. Calculate the total cost of inventory (setup + holding cost).
3.2 Mother boards are shipped from Cape Town to a computer manufacturer in Johannesburg three times a year. The reorder point, without safety stock is 100 units. The carrying cost is R250 per unit per year, and the cost of the stockout is R520 per unit per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried? Show full calculations
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