Chapter 4. Tyler is hoping to get a lot of custom cake and cookie orders in his new bakery for various parties and celebrations. He considers keeping a stock of celebratory helium balloons in his bakery so that he can sell them alongside the cakes and cookies to add more value for his customers. However, he knows that the demand for custom goods as well as the balloons is like to be probabilistic in nature instead of deterministic. He is trying to create a model of how many balloons to order to keep in stock to minimize the costs of inventory in his little bakery. He identifies the following characteristics and needs your help in filling out the table given below the information. Ordering Cost is $20.00 per order Cost of balloons is $5.00 per balloon The bakery uses the 20% annual holding cost rate for all inventory The lead time for a new order of helium balloons is 21 days. Data from other bakeries indicate that the demand during the 21-day lead time follows a normal probability distribution with a weekly mean of 25 balloons and a standard deviation of 7 balloons per week. The number of working days per year is 300 Acceptable probability of a stock-out, for Tyler is 10% or 0.10. Optimal Inventory Policy     Economic Order Quantity Q*   balloons Annual Inventory Holding Cost H   dollars Annual Ordering Cost O   dollars Total Annual Cost TC   dollars Maximum Inventory Level Q*+ S   balloons Average Inventory Level (Q*/2)+S   balloons Reorder Point r   balloons Number of Orders per Year (D/Q*)     Cycle Time (Days) T   days Safety Stock S   balloons Expected Stockouts per Year SO

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Chapter 4. Tyler is hoping to get a lot of custom cake and cookie orders in his new bakery for various parties and celebrations. He considers keeping a stock of celebratory helium balloons in his bakery so that he can sell them alongside the cakes and cookies to add more value for his customers. However, he knows that the demand for custom goods as well as the balloons is like to be probabilistic in nature instead of deterministic. He is trying to create a model of how many balloons to order to keep in stock to minimize the costs of inventory in his little bakery. He identifies the following characteristics and needs your help in filling out the table given below the information.

  • Ordering Cost is $20.00 per order
  • Cost of balloons is $5.00 per balloon
  • The bakery uses the 20% annual holding cost rate for all inventory
  • The lead time for a new order of helium balloons is 21 days.
  • Data from other bakeries indicate that the demand during the 21-day lead time follows a normal probability distribution with a weekly mean of 25 balloons and a standard deviation of 7 balloons per week.
  • The number of working days per year is 300
  • Acceptable probability of a stock-out, for Tyler is 10% or 0.10.

Optimal Inventory Policy

 

 

Economic Order Quantity Q*

 

balloons

Annual Inventory Holding Cost H

 

dollars

Annual Ordering Cost O

 

dollars

Total Annual Cost TC

 

dollars

Maximum Inventory Level Q*+ S

 

balloons

Average Inventory Level (Q*/2)+S

 

balloons

Reorder Point r

 

balloons

Number of Orders per Year (D/Q*)

 

 

Cycle Time (Days) T

 

days

Safety Stock S

 

balloons

Expected Stockouts per Year SO

 

 

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From the above given data,

Ordering cost, o=$20 per order

Unit cost,u=$5

Inventory holding cost,h=20% of unit cost= 0.20×5=$1

Lead time, L= 21 days

weekly demand=25 ballons

standard deviation=7 ballons per week

Working days per year,w=300 days

Probability of stock out, 1-α=0.10

Where "α" is the service level.

 

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