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5.1
Bell Technologies stocks and sells its own brand of laptop computers. It costs the firm $543 each
time it places an order with the manufacturer for laptops. The cost of carrying one laptop in
inventory for a year is $210. The store man- ager estimates that total annual demand for the
computers will be 1,800 units with a constant demand rate throughout the year. Bell’s policy is
never to have stockouts of the store-brand laptop. The store is open for business seven days per
√ (1954800/210)
√9308.57 = 96.48
10076.29 + 10185
TAC = $20261.29
TBO = 97 / (1800/365)
97 / 4.93
5.3
Premier Golf Shop operates 300 days per year. The shop pays $300 for a particular beginner
golf club set purchased from a local manufacturer. The annual holding cost per club set is
estimated to be 25 percent of the dollar of the inventory. The shop sells an average of 20 per
week. The ordering cost for each order is $50. Determine the optimal order quantity and the total
minimum cost.
√1333.33
36.51
EOQ = 37 units
1351.35 + 1387.5
TAC = $2738.85
5.5
The Buckeye Carryout store stocks Scarlet and Grey (S&G) beer mugs. Demand for S&G is
10,200 per year. It costs $120 per order of mugs, and it costs $1.35 per mug per year to keep the
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mugs in stock. Once an order for mugs is placed, it takes seven days to receive the order from the
√ (2448000/1.35)
√1813333.333
1346.60
908.69 + 498.89
TAC = $1407.58
c) Reorder point
R = (10200/365) * 7 + 0
27.95 * 7
R = 195.62 units