a) Find Economic Order Quantity. b) Find reorder point. c) How frequently theorder will be placed?

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TT Beverage Co. is a distributor of beer, wine and soft drinks product. From a
main warehouse located in Magusa, TRNC, TT supplies nearly 1000 retail stores with
beverage products. The beer inventory, which constitutes about 40% of the company’s
total inventory, averages approximately 50 000 cases. With an average cost per case of
approximately 8MU, TT estimates the value of its beer inventory to be 400 000 MU.
The warehouse manager has decided to do a detailed study of inventory costs
associated with Sergio Beer, the # 1 selling TT beer. The purpose of the study is to
establish the “how-much to order,” and “when to order” decisions for Segio Beer that
will result in the lowest possible cost.
The manager found that the demand is constant and 2 000 cases/week.The cost of
holding for the TT beer inventory is 25% of the value of the inventory.
(Note that definding the holding cost as a % of the value of the product is
convenient, because it is easily transferable to other products)
TT is paying 32 MU/order regardless of the quantity requested in the order.
Suppose TT is open 5 days each week, and the manufacturer of Sergio Beer guarantees
2-day delivery on any order placed.
a) Find Economic Order Quantity.
b) Find reorder point.
c) How frequently theorder will be placed?
d) Find the cycle time?
e) Calculate minimum total inventory cost.

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