In: Operations Management
One company operates 300 days per year. The economic order quantity (EOQ) is 250 units. Annual demand is 5000 units. The expected time between orders will be:
15 days
20 days
1.2 days
16.6 days
None of the above
Answer
To compute Expected time between orders :
Given :
Annual Demand | 5000 |
No. of working days per year | 300 |
EOQ (Q*) | 250 |
So answer is option a) 15 days.
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