Question

A manager wants to minimize the total cost of the inventory. The annual demand for the wheel is 60,000 wheels, and the firm operates 240 days per year. The plant can produce of 300 wheels per day. The cost to prepare the equipment to start a production run is $150, and the annual inventory carrying cost is $3 per year. 2a. What should be the model here, EOQ or EPQ? Why?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

2a.

Here, we will have to apply the economic production quantity as we have to identify optimal production quantity to minimize the cost.

Annual Demand D = 60000

Working Days = 240

Daily Demand d= 60000/240 = 250

Production Rate p = 300

Set up cost S = 150

Holding cost H = 3

Economic Production Quantity Q = (2DS/(H*(1-(d/p))))^(1/2)

Q = (2*60000*150/(3*(1-(250/300))))^(1/2)

Q = 6000 units