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National Institute of Technology Agartala

Department of Mathematics

Numerical Problems on Inventory Management


On
Operations Research for MBA 2 nd Semester

The following topics I will teach you and rest of the syllabus will be covered by Dr. Abhijit Baidya Sir.

1. Layout designing, product, process & cellular layout, assembly line balancing, service layouts.
2. Aggregate plans and master production schedules, MRP, MRP II, lot-sizing, MPS, operations scheduling,
priority rules & techniques, work centre & personnel scheduling.
3. Inventory management, types, models, systems, inventory control.
4. Fundamentals of quality management, TQM philosophy, introduction to six-sigma
5. Design and use SQC charts [process capability, x-bar, R, p and c-charts, acceptance sampling.
6. Facets of world class manufacturing, lean manufacturing aspects

Assignment Problems:
1. The demand for a certain item is 16 units per period. Unsatisfied demand causes a shortage cost of Re. 0.75 per
unit per short period. The cost of initiating purchasing action is Rs. 15.00 per purchase and holding cost is 15%
of average inventory valuation per period. Item cost is Rs. 8.00 per unit. Find the minimum cost purchase
quantity.

2. A contractor undertakes to supply Diesel engines to a truck manufacturer at a rate o 25 per day. There is a
clause in the contract penalizing him Rs. 10 per engine per day late for missing the scheduled delivery date. He
finds that the cost o holding a complete engine in stock is Rs. 16 per month. His production process is such that
each month he starts a batch o engines through the shops, and all these engines are available or delivery any
time after the end o the month. What should his inventory level be at the beginning o each month?

3. A Contractor has to supply 10,000 bearings per day to an automobile manufacturer. He finds that when he
starts a production run, he can produce 25,000 bearings per day. The cost of holing a bearing in stock or one
year is Rs. 2.00 and the set-up cost o a production run is Rs. 1,800. How frequently should production run be
made?

4. A company operating 50 weeks in a year is concerned about its stock of copper cable. This costs Rs. 240 a
meter and there is a demand for 8,000 meters a week. Each replenishment costs Rs. 1,050 for administration
and Rs. 1,650 for delivery, while holding costs are estimated at 25 percent of value held a year. Assuming no
shortages are allowed, what is the optimal inventory policy or the company?
A. How would this analysis differ if the company wanted to maximize profits rather than minimize costs?
B. What is the gross profit if the company sells cable or Rs. 360 a meter?

5. (a) At present a company is purchasing an item ‘X’ from outside suppliers. The assumption is
10,000units/year. The cost o the items is Rs. 5 per unit and the ordering cost is estimated to be Rs. 100 per
order. The cost of carrying inventory is 25%. If the consumption rate is uniform, determine the economic
purchasing quantity.

(b) In the above problem, assume that company is going to manufacture the item with the equipment that is
estimated to produce 100 units per day. The cost o the unit thus produced is Rs. 3.50 per unit. The set-up cost is
Rs. 150 per set-up and the inventory carrying charge is 25%. How has your answer changed?

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