An electronic store uses continuous review policy to manage the inventory of its high selling monitor model. The monitor has the following characteristics. The annual demand for the monitor is (4000 *2) units per week. The monitors are bought from an offshore supplier at a unit price of 7000 AED per unit and each order costs 80000 AED. The holding cost of laptops is 25% of the value of the product. Calculate the annual demand using the no 2 What is the economic order quantity? EOQ? What would be the average number of orders in a week? What would be the average time between orders (in weeks)? What would be the average inventory level? The electronic store is considering a local supplier. The ordering cost of the new supplier is 65000 AED however the unit price of the monitor is 9000 AED. Should the electronic store change its supplier?

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An electronic store uses continuous review policy to manage the inventory of its high selling monitor model. The monitor has the following characteristics. The annual demand for the monitor is (4000 *2) units per week. The monitors are bought from an offshore supplier at a unit price of 7000 AED per unit and each order costs 80000 AED. The holding cost of laptops is 25% of the value of the product.

  1. Calculate the annual demand using the no 2
  2. What is the economic order quantity? EOQ?
  3. What would be the average number of orders in a week?
  4. What would be the average time between orders (in weeks)?
  5. What would be the average inventory level?
  6. The electronic store is considering a local supplier. The ordering cost of the new supplier is 65000 AED however the unit price of the monitor is 9000 AED. Should the electronic store change its supplier?
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Given data: 

Demand per week = (4000*2) units.

Ordering cost (S) = 80,000 AED

Monitor unit price = 7000 AED per unit

Holding cost (H) = 25% of unit price

 

= 1,750 AED per unit per year

 

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