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What is the relationship between the Safety Stock and the Probability of a Stockout?
What is the Z-value corresponding to a 97.5 percent service level?
What is the formula to calculate the statistical reorder point?
What is the average demand during lead time (μ) for the part at L Inc.?
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What is the standard deviation of demand during lead time (σdLT) at L Inc.?
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What is the service level desired by the supply chain manager at L Inc.?
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What is the required safety stock to achieve a 95 percent service level?
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What is the statistical reorder point (ROP) for the part at L Inc.?
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What is the purpose of calculating the safety stock?
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What is the additional safety stock required to attain a 99 percent service level?
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What is the primary purpose of calculating the statistical reorder point?
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What assumption is made about the lead time in ROP Model 1?
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What is the formula for calculating safety stock in ROP Model 1?
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What does the probability (1 - α) represent?
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What is the primary difference between ROP Model 1 and ROP Model 2?
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What is the purpose of the reorder point?
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What is the role of the service level in inventory management?
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What is the relationship between the standard deviation of demand during lead time and safety stock?
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What is the formula for calculating the statistical reorder point (ROP)?
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What are the two primary models for calculating the statistical reorder point?
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A 97.5 percent service level corresponds to the _______________ of 1.96.
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The required safety stock is 0 and the probability of _______________ would be 50%.
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The statistical reorder point (x) can be calculated as the average demand during the order's delivery _______________ time plus the desired safety stock.
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The standard deviation of demand during _______________ time (σdLT) is 40 units.
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A 95 percent service level corresponds to a _______________ of 1.65 standard deviations above the Average.
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The ROP for Q1 is _______________ + 66 units = 616 units.
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The manager must reorder the part from their supplier when their current stock level reaches _______________ units.
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The supply chain manager wants to determine the safety stock and statistical reorder point that result in _______________ percent stockouts.
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The manager wants to know the additional safety stock required to attain a _______________ percent service level.
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L Inc. stocks a crucial part that has a normally distributed demand during the _______________ period.
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Study Notes
Inventory Management: Cost and Optimization
- Inventory Turnover Ratio: measures the number of times inventory is sold and replaced within a period
- Average Inventory at Cost: calculates the average cost of inventory held during a period
Inventory Costs
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Ordering Costs:
- Refers to transaction costs associated with replenishing inventories
- Includes order preparation, transmission, and receiving costs
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Holding (Carrying) Costs:
- Incurred for holding inventory in storage
- Includes opportunity costs, storage and warehouse management, taxes, insurance, obsolescence, spoilage, and shrinkage
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Stockout Costs:
- Refers to the costs incurred when a company does not have inventory available to meet demand
- Includes lost sales, opportunity costs, and potential loss of future sales and profits
Total Annual Inventory Cost (TAIC)
- TAIC Formula: TAIC = Annual Purchase Cost + Annual Holding Cost + Annual Order Cost
- Annual Purchase Cost: calculates the total cost of purchasing inventory
- Annual Holding Cost: calculates the total cost of holding inventory
- Annual Order Cost: calculates the total cost of ordering inventory
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- EOQ Formula: EOQ = √(2 * R * S) / (k * C)
- EOQ Cost Trade-Offs: balances the trade-off between annual holding costs and annual order costs
- EOQ Exercise: calculates the optimal order quantity for a company with a steady demand rate, instantaneous replenishment, and known lead time
Quantity Discount Model
- Quantity Discount Model: considers the trade-off between larger quantities and price discounts vs. higher inventory holding costs
- Price Break Model: computes the total annual inventory cost for each price level to find the optimal order quantity
- Two-Step Procedure: computes the EOQ for each price level and finds the feasible EOQ or price break point
Reorder Point (ROP) and Probabilistic Demand
- ROP Formula: ROP = μ + ZσdLT
- Z-Value: determines the safety stock and statistical reorder point for a desired service level
- Statistical Reorder Point (ROP): calculates the reorder point based on the average demand during lead time and desired safety stock
Concept of Inventory Management
- Inventory can be one of the most expensive assets of an organization
- Inventory management policy affects how efficiently a firm deploys its assets in producing goods and services
- The right amount of inventory supports manufacturing, logistics, and other functions
- Excessive inventory is a sign of poor inventory management that creates an unnecessary waste of scarce resources
- Primary functions of inventory are:
- To service the market (downstream players)
- To buffer from uncertainty in the marketplace
Types of Inventory
- Four broad categories of inventories:
- Raw materials: items that are bought from suppliers to use in the production of a product
- Work-in-process (WIP) inventory: partially processed materials not yet ready for sales
- Finished goods inventory: completed products ready for shipment
- Maintenance, repair & operating (MRO): materials & supplies used in producing products
Concepts of Inventory Management
- Inventory turnover or turnover ratio: measures how many times inventory “turns” in an accounting period
- Calculated by dividing the cost of revenue (cost of goods sold) by average inventory
- Managerial implication: purchase cost does not affect the order decision if there is no quantity discount
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- The optimum Q (the EOQ) – method 2: making Annual Holding Cost (AHC) = Annual Order Cost (AOC)
- AHC = average inventory hold across the year * annual holding cost per unit = (Q/2)(kC)
- AOC = (R/Q)*S
- Q²KC = 2R*S
- Q = √(2RS/KC)
Economic Order Quantity Exercise
- LV Corporation: R = 7,200 units, S = $100 per order, k = 20%, C = $20 per unit, LT = 6 days
- Q = √(2RS/KC) = √(27,200100/0.20*20) = 600 units
- Annual purchase cost = RC = 7,200units$20 = $144,000
- Annual holding cost = Q/2kC = 600/20.20$20 = $1,200
- Annual order cost = R/QS = 7,200/600$100 = $1,200
Reorder Point (ROP)
- The Statistical Reorder Point (ROP): the lowest inventory level at which a new order must be placed to avoid a stockout
- ROP = Average demand during the order’s delivery lead time + Safety stock
- Two models:
- Model 1: ROP with probabilistic (unknown) demand and constant lead time
- Model 2: ROP with constant demand and probabilistic (unknown) lead time
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Model
- The EOQ model determines the optimal order size that minimizes total annual inventory costs, which is the sum of annual order costs and annual inventory holding costs.
- The model is based on a trade-off between annual inventory holding costs and annual order costs.
- Assumptions of the EOQ model:
- Demand must be known and constant
- Lead time is known and constant
- Replenishment is instantaneous
- Price is constant
- Holding cost is known and constant
- Ordering cost is known and constant
- Stock-outs are not allowed
Total Annual Inventory Cost (TAIC)
- TAIC = Annual Purchase Cost + Annual Holding Cost + Annual Order Cost
- Annual Purchase Cost (APC) = annual demand * purchase cost per unit
- Annual Holding Cost (AHC) = average inventory hold across the year * annual holding cost per unit
- Annual Order Cost (AOC) = (R/Q) * S
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Formula
- TAIC = (RC) + [(Q/2)(k*C)] + [(R/Q)*S]
- The optimum Q (EOQ) is calculated by taking the first derivative of TAIC with respect to Q and setting it equal to zero.
Reorder Point (ROP)
- The Statistical Reorder Point (ROP) is the lowest inventory level at which a new order must be placed to avoid a stockout.
- ROP = Average demand during the order's delivery lead time + Safety stock
- In-stock probability is commonly referred to as the service level.
ROP Model 1 - Probabilistic Demand and Constant Lead Time
- This model assumes that lead time is constant and demand during delivery lead time is unknown (but normally distributed).
- The average demand during the lead time is represented by μ, and the standard deviation formula is σdLT.
- Safety stock is (x − μ) = ZσdLT, and ROP is represented by x = μ + ZσdLT.
- The probability of stockout is represented by α, and the probability that inventory is sufficient to cover demand is (1 − α).
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Explore inventory management concepts such as inventory turnover ratio, average inventory at cost, ordering costs, and holding costs. Learn how to optimize inventory management for business success.
