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Alexis Company uses
979979
units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The product has a fixed cost of
$4242
per order, and its carrying cost is
$44
per unit per year. It takes 5 days to receive a shipment after an order is placed, and the firm wishes to hold 10 days' usage in inventory as a safety stock.
a. Calculate the EOQ.
b. Determine the average level of inventory.
(Note:
Use a 365-day year to calculate daily usage.)
c. Determine the reorder
point.
d. Indicate which of the following variables change if the firm does not hold the safety stock: (1) order cost, (2) carrying cost, (3) total inventory cost, (4) reorder point, (5) economic order quantity.
a. Alexis' EOQ is
nothing
units. (Round to the nearest whole number.)
Following assumptions have been taken to solve this sum:
Average Delivery Time= 5 days
For Average consumption, 979979 units has been divided by 365 days.