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Sam\'s Cat Hotel operates 52 week per year, 5 days per week, and uses a continuo

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Question

Sam's Cat Hotel operates 52 week per year, 5 days per week, and uses a continuous review inventory system. It purchases kitty litter for $11.00. per bag. The following information is available about these bags.

Demand = 80 bags per week

Order Cost =$55 per order

Annual holding Cost = 25 percent of cost

Desired cycle-service level = 90 percent

Lead time = 1 week(s) (5 working days)

Standard deviation of weekly demand =10 bags

Current on-hand inventory is 325 bags, with no open borders or back orders

a. What is the EOQ? Sam's optimal order quantity is ____bags. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.)

b. What should R be?

c. An inventory withdraw of 10 bags was just made. Is it time to reorder?

Explanation / Answer

Annual Demand (D) = 80*52 = 4160

Ordering cost (S) = 55

Holding cost (H) = 25%*Price = 25%*11 = 2.75

Weekly demand (d) = 80

SD = 10

Lead time = 1 week

z value for 90% service level is 1.28

a) EOQ = sqrt(2*D*S/H) = sqrt(2*4160*55/2.75) = 408 units

b) Reorder point = d*LT + z*SD*sqrt(LT) = 80*1 + 1.28*10*sqrt(1) = 80+12.8 = 92.8

c) Current stock is 325 bags. If 10 bags are reduced, it will not reach reorder point. So, it is not time to reorder

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