Optimal Order Quantities
In your studies this week, you found that the optimal order quantity is achieved at the point at which inventory setup cost per unit of time equals inventory holding cost per unit of time. Knowing this, your employer, a manufacturer of office chairs, asks that you determine the optimal order quantity for two suppliers of coil springs.
Your manufacturing facility operates 50 weeks a year and requires a steady supply of 1000 coil springs per week. Supplier A charges $1 for each spring, and you resell them for $4 each. The set up charge is $20 per order. An inventory carrying charge of 25% is incurred.
In a two- to three-page APA formatted paper (not including the title and reference pages), provide the following:
Units | |
Setup costs | |
Inventory carrying cost | |
Show equation used with all above values filled in | |
Optimal order quantity of springs |
Include at least two scholarly sources in addition to the text to support your discussion and findings.