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Introduction
Inventory Management is one of the
retail
businesses
worldwide.
Since
good
management.
inventory
control
and
Introduction
Cost Minimization is the key to inventory
inventory
customers goodwill.
costs
and
losing
Kinds of Inventory
Raw Materials
Work in Process
Finished Product
Kinds of Inventory
Inventory of finished goods is a function of
inventory
control
and
management.
it
is
inventory
Controlling - what level and when to
order
Feedback Mechanism provides
Several Functions of
Inventories
Decoupling
Storing Resources
Adapting to Irregular Supply and Demand
Enabling the company to take advantage of
Quantity Discounts
Avoiding Stockouts and Shortages
Inventory Decisions
The
fundamental
questions
in
inventory
cost)
Cost of Ordering (Incurred every time an
order is placed
Cost of Carrying or Holding Inventory
Cost of Safety Stock
Cost of Stock outs
EOQ Assumptions
Demand is known and constant
Lead time is known and constant
Receipt of inventory is instantaneous
Quantity discounts are not possible
The only variable costs are the cost of setting up or
EOQ Assumptions
The basic assumptions of the EOQ model yield
cost is constant
Thus, minimizing total inventory cost is
EOQ
To solve for the optimum order quantity,
inventory. In symbols:
ROP = demand per day x lead time for a new order in
days
ROP = d X L, where L = time between the placing and
receipt of an order
Production
without
the
Run
Model
instantaneous
is
EOQ
receipt
the
average
inventory.
Since
the
period
of
time
and
demand
relevant
cost.
All
other
2.
3.
4.
address
the
concern
of
stockouts
or
quantity
that
will
minimize
the
expected
time;
total cost = stockout cost
= number units short X stockout cost/unit X
number of orders/year
When ROP is greater than the expected
P2,400
When ROP = 70 units but the demand is
= P50
A Service Level
inventory
implementation
that
aims
to
ABC analysis:
Greater expenditure on supplier development
items or on C items
Greater expenditure on forecasting A items