XYZ Ltd manufactures car tire tubes. They order tubes in batches with a Tzs 10,000 ordering cost per batch and carry inventory with a 20% annual cost. Tubes cost Tzs 50,000 each. Normal weekly tube usage is 15,000 tubes but ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 tubes. It takes 6-8 weeks for orders to be delivered. The company needs to calculate the economic order quantity, reorder level, maximum stock level, and minimum stock level.
XYZ Ltd manufactures car tire tubes. They order tubes in batches with a Tzs 10,000 ordering cost per batch and carry inventory with a 20% annual cost. Tubes cost Tzs 50,000 each. Normal weekly tube usage is 15,000 tubes but ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 tubes. It takes 6-8 weeks for orders to be delivered. The company needs to calculate the economic order quantity, reorder level, maximum stock level, and minimum stock level.
XYZ Ltd manufactures car tire tubes. They order tubes in batches with a Tzs 10,000 ordering cost per batch and carry inventory with a 20% annual cost. Tubes cost Tzs 50,000 each. Normal weekly tube usage is 15,000 tubes but ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 tubes. It takes 6-8 weeks for orders to be delivered. The company needs to calculate the economic order quantity, reorder level, maximum stock level, and minimum stock level.
XYZ Ltd. are the manufactures of tyre tubes for cars. The following are the details of their operations during the current financial year:
Ordering cost (per order) Tzs 10000
Inventory carrying cost (per annum) 20% Cost of tubes (per tube) Tzs 50000 Normal usage ( Tubes per week) Tzs 15000 Minimum usage (tubes per week) Tzs 5000 Maximum usage (tubes per week) Tzs 20000 Lead time to supply (weeks) 6-8
You are required to calculate:
(i) Economic order quantity. If the supplier is willing to supply quarterly 1,500 units at a discount of 5 per cent, is it worth accepting? (ii) Re-order level (iii) Maximum level of stock (iv) Minimum level of stock