AE4 - Activity 5A
AE4 - Activity 5A
AE4 - Activity 5A
1. The cost of placing an order is P60 and the carrying cost is P30 per unit per year. The estimated
annual demand is 10,000 units. Find the economic order quantity.
2. Ann Fransisco, the owner of Ann’s Boutique is planning to order baby dresses for her store. The
dress manufacturer informed her that if the baby dress order received this month are worth
P30,000 or more, the manufacturer will sponsor a one-day visit by Dr. Rose Manalo, a
pediatrician who will come to the store and talk with the mothers about child care. Ann orders
P350,000 worth of baby dresses per year. Her carrying costs are 20% of average inventory and
her ordering costs is P300 per order.
a. If Ann places her order using EOQ model, will the value of her order be sufficient to qualify
for a visit by Dr. Manalo?
b. How much is the worth of baby dresses per order?
c. How many days interval per order?
3. The following data are for an inventory item in which the EOQ model applies:
4. A videoke bar buys draft beer by the barrel from a local distributor. The bar has an annual
demand of 9,000 barrels, which it purchases at a price of P205 per barrel. The annual carrying
cost is 12% of the average inventory and the cost per order is P160. The distributor has offered
the bar owner a reduced price to P190 per barrel if the owner will order a minimum of 300
barrels per order. Should the bar owner take the offer?
5. A supermarket in Makati stocks no-cook noodles in packs of 75 grams each. The annual demand
is 100,000 packs per year at a unit cost of P10. Ordering cost Is P120 per order of the noodles
and a carrying costs of 18% of average inventory. Once an order is placed it takes 4 days to
received the order from a food distributor. Determine the following:
a. Optimum order size
b. Total inventory cost
c. Reorder point
6. Below are the data for water-testing kits stocked by a field unit of Environmental Protection
Agency. Optimal order (Qn) = 6 orders per year.
Average daily use : 6 kits
Average reorder period : 20 kits per day
Cost to store one kit per year : P8
Estimated out of stock cost per kit : P30