In: Mechanical Engineering
A gourmet coffee shop in downtown Vancouver uses a Periodic Inventory System and is open 200 days a year. They sell on an average 75 pounds of KONA coffee beams a day. (Demand can be assumed to be distributed normally with a standard deviation of 15 lbs. per day.) After (fix cost = $16 per order), beans are always shipped from Hawaii within exactly 4 days. Per-pound annual holding costs for the beans are $3 and the cycle service level established by management is 98%. a. What is the economic order quantity (EOQ) for Kona coffee beans? b. Determine the Periodic Review Interval? c. What level of safety stock is required? d. What is the Target Inventory Level that is required to achieve these results? e. What are the total annual holding costs of stock for Kona coffee beans? f. What are the total annual ordering costs for Kona coffee beans? g. At the time the inventory was taken, the on hand was 300 lbs with the schedule receipts at 250 lbs with no back order. How much should the company order?