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Cost rates

Inventory cost rate (smart phone)

Product value = $500


Liquidation value = $0.00
Life-cycle = 26 weeks
Capital return rate = 8% of product value

Inventory cost /week/unit = Annual capital cost/52 + (product value - liquidation value) / Product life-cycle
$20

Inventory cost rate (feature phone)

Product value = $200


Liquidation value = 0
Life-cycle = 26 weeks
Capital return rate = 8% of product value

Inventory cost /week/unit = Annual capital cost/52 + (product value - liquidation value) / Product life-cycle
$8

FedEx freight cost (overnight) = $12

Overnight/standard 2D = 2.5
Volume discount = 50%
Standard freight rate = $2.40

First pick $1
followup picks $0.10
Data for an average store

Weekly sales On-hand


average inventory
Hot-Smart 99.31 122
Hot-Feature 102.58 109
Cold-Smart 2.74 16
Cold-Feature 6.53 24

alue) / Product life-cycle The average store


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Hot-Smart Hot-Feature Cold-Smart Cold-Feature
Weekly sales average On-hand inventory

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