In: Operations Management
TASK-2
In a warehouse the Materials manager Mr. Fahad is looking forward to categorize the materials stocked in his warehouse using ABC analysis. He decided the criteria that all the materials above 20% of annual consumption value shall be categorized as A-items, the items between 10% to 20% of annual consumption value shall be categorized as B-items and the items below 10% of annual consumption value shall be categorized as C-items. Using the following inventory records you are required to categorized the items and prepare a final report for Mr. Fahad.
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 Item Code  | 
 Consumption  | 
 Price/Unit  | 
 Annual Consumption Value  | 
 %age of Annual Consumption Value  | 
 A/B/C  | 
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 Daily  | 
 Yearly  | 
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 20-X-00  | 
 10  | 
 25  | 
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 20-X-01  | 
 12  | 
 15  | 
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 20-X-02  | 
 6  | 
 50  | 
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 20-X-03  | 
 8  | 
 28  | 
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 20-X-04  | 
 15  | 
 8  | 
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 20-X-05  | 
 11  | 
 13  | 
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 20-X-06  | 
 14  | 
 8  | 
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 20-X-07  | 
 7  | 
 60  | 
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 20-X-08  | 
 9  | 
 20  | 
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 20-X-09  | 
 5  | 
 70  | 
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 TOTAL  | 
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Final Report
| 
 Item Code  | 
 %age of Annual Consumption Value  | 
 A/B/C  | 
 Total %age of items A, items B & items C  | 
Answer: Here, we will classify the given items by following the steps as mentioned below:
Step 1: First, find the annual consumption value for all the items as mentioned in the below table:

(Note: As there is no specific information is mentioned in the question, we have assumed 360 days in a year)
Step 2: Now, rearrange the given table in the descending order of annual dollar consumption, starting from the highest annual consumption to the lowest annual consumption:

Step 2: Find the column of % of Annual Consumption as mentioned in the below table:

Step 3: Classify the items based on the criteria given in the question:

Hence, we get:
