number of units of a particular item it should stock‚ whether it is a new item or a never out item. It first freezes a forecast for its demand for the upcoming season. This figure is a result of a consensus between the product people‚ buyers and inventory managers. Once the predicted demand is frozen‚ L.L. Bean uses its historical demand and forecast data to analyze the forecasting errors. The forecast errors are calculated for each individual item and a frequency distribution of these is made‚
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19 Inventory Theory “Sorry‚ we’re out of that item.” How often have you heard that during shopping trips? In many of these cases‚ what you have encountered are stores that aren’t doing a very good job of managing their inventories (stocks of goods being held for future use or sale). They aren’t placing orders to replenish inventories soon enough to avoid shortages. These stores could benefit from the kinds of techniques of scientific inventory management that are described in this chapter
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Inventory Valuation Retailers define inventory as intended sellable assets consisting of goods that are available for resale to customers. Manufacturers also maintain three components of inventory. These include “finished goods” which are goods that have been completed and are awaiting sales. Manufacturers may also have “work in process inventory” made up of goods being manufactured but not yet completed. The third category of inventory is “raw materials‚” consisting of goods that are to
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Inventory Exercises 1. At Dot Com‚ a large retailer of popular books‚ demand is constant at 32‚000 books per ear. The cost of placing an order to replenish stock is $10 and the annual cost of holding is $4 per book. Stock is received five working days after an order has been placed. No backordering is allowed. Assume 300 working days a year. a. What is Dot Com’s optimal order quantity (EOQ)? b. What is the optimal number of order per year? c. What is the optimal interval (in working days)
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INVENTORY PROBLEMS: 1. DAT‚ Inc.‚ produces digital audiotapes to be used in the consumer audio division. DAT lacks sufficient personnel in its inventory supply section to closely control each item stocked‚ so it has asked you to determine an ABC classification. Here is a sample from the inventory Records: Develop an ABC classification for these 10 items. 2. A particular raw material is available to a company at three different prices‚ depending on the size of the order: The cost to place an
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2.1 Types of Inventories Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad is a big company which produce various types of products. For example‚ coffee and beverages‚ food‚ milks‚ liquid drinks‚ infant nutrition‚ breakfast cereals‚ chilled dairy‚ ice-cream‚ confectionery and many other. According to the annual report 2012 of Nestle company‚ it shows that‚ the amount of inventories during 31 December 2012 is RM411‚170‚000‚ while during 31 December 2011 the amount of inventories is RM517‚573‚000 . After comparing both
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT * Types of Inventory * Inventory Costs * Independent – Demand Items and Inventory Costs * Inventory Monitoring * Production Management Systems * Other Issues in Inventory Management What is Inventory? * An investment in the sense that it requires that the firm tie up its money‚ thereby forgoing certain other earnings opportunities. * The higher a firm’s average inventories‚ the larger the dollar investment and cost required and vice
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Model 1 2. The Peace Care Hospital uses about 3‚500 boxes of sterile bandages per month. The annual carrying cost rate is $2.90 per box per year. A typical box of sterile bandages costs $14.50 to purchase. The ordering cost is $25 each time an order is placed‚ regardless of the order quantity. There is storage space for at most 1‚500 boxes of bandages at any time. The hospital operates 365 days per year. Peace Care Hospital would like to use the EOQ model. (a) How many
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Definition of the Inventory Theory Inventory theory (or more formally the mathematical theory of inventory and production) is the sub-specialty within operations research that is concerned with the design of production/inventory systems to minimize costs. It studies the decisions faced by firms and the military in connection with manufacturing‚ warehousing‚ supply chains‚ spare part allocation and so on; it provides the mathematical foundation for logistics. Inventories are materials stored
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