1. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Ch.13: Inventory Management
SUMMARY
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2. BASIC POINTS HOW SHOULD WE MANAGE STORED PRODUCTS AND PARTS?
Definition of inventories, types and control
Costs
Holding
Ordering
Setup
Management models: Fixed order or period
EOQ, POQ, Quantity discount
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3. QUESTIONS
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining large amounts of inventory.
What is economic order quantity? What are the assumptions of EOQ?
If the annual demand for a product is 3,50,000 units. The annual carrying cost rate is 25 percent of the cost of the unit the product costs Rs per unit to purchase, and each time the product is ordered the related ordering cost is Rs
i) What is EOQ?
ii) What is total cost at EOQ?
iii) How much would be the total cost if the order quantity is 2500 units due to standard packing?
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4. QUESTIONS (II)
The planning and scheduling of production only against specific production order is
Make-to-Stock
Make-to-Order
Assemble-to-Order
Mass Customization
Mohan is a confectioner. He buy plastic boxes in bulk and uses them to pack his chocolates. His annual requirement of boxes is 1,200 and each box costs Rs.30.The ordering costs are Rs.10 per order and carrying costs are 20%. How many boxes should he order at a time so as to minimize the costs? The supplier of boxes offers the following price breaks: Order Quantity Price (Rs./Box) Less than 100: 30.00; : 29.60; 200 and above What should be the order quantity?

5. QUESTIONS (III)
The raw materials, components, completed or partially completed products, and pieces of equipment a firm uses are often referred to as
inventory.
order quantities.
production.
outputs.
Procurement is another name for?
Consumption
Disposition
Budgeting
purchasing

6. What if
Let’s try to optimize the amount of groceries that you store at home
What are the costs involved?
Is there an optimum amount of goods to be stored?
NOTE:
You order goods going to a grocery that takes you an hour to reach
You have a cupboard in your kitchen that can hold only 10 Kgs. of goods
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16. What if
Let’s try to optimize the amount of groceries that you store in your larder
What are the costs involved?
Is there an optimum amount of goods to be stored?
NOTE:
You order goods going to a grocery that takes you an hour to reach
You have a cupboard in your kitchen that can hold only 10 Kgs. of goods
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