In: Operations Management
4,400 items in inventory, 400 A items, 1,500 B items, 2,500 C items. Policy is to count A items every month (30 working days), B items every quarter (90 days), and C items every six months (180 days).
| 
 Item Class  | 
 Quantity  | 
 Cycle Counting Policy  | 
 Number of Items Counted per Day  | 
| 
 A  | 
 400  | 
 Each month  | 
|
| 
 B  | 
 1,500  | 
 Each quarter  | 
|
| 
 C  | 
 2,500  | 
 Every 6 months  | 
Total Items to count per day___________
Total items in inventory = 4400
Number of A items in inventory = 400
Number of B items in inventory = 1500
Number of C items in inventory = 2500
All A items are counted every 30 working days. So number of A items counted each day = 400/30 = 13.33 items
All B items are counted every 90 working days. So number of B items counted each day = 1500/90 = 16.67 items
All C items are counted every 180 working days. So number of C items counted each day = 2500/180 = 13.89 items
Therefore, total number of items need to be counted each day = 13.33 + 16.67 + 13.89 = 43.89 or rounded up to 44 items
(Note - All the intermediate calculations are rounded to two decimal places and the final answer to the nearest whole number)