Enrun Corporation expects to order 140,000 memory chips for inventory during the coming year, and it will use this inventory at a constant rate.  Fixed ordering costs are $300 per order; the purchase price per chip is $20; and the firm’s inventory carrying costs is equal to 20 percent of the purchase price. (Assume a 360-day year.)     What is the economic ordering quantity for chips?   If Enrun holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips, what is its average inventory level?   Assume that Enrun holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips.  What is the maximum amount of inventory that Enrun will have on hand at any time, that is, what will be the inventory level right after a delivery is made?

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Enrun Corporation expects to order 140,000 memory chips for inventory during the coming year, and it will use this inventory at a constant rate.  Fixed ordering costs are $300 per order; the purchase price per chip is $20; and the firm’s inventory carrying costs is equal to 20 percent of the purchase price. (Assume a 360-day year.)

 

 

  • What is the economic ordering quantity for chips?

 

  • If Enrun holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips, what is its average inventory level?

 

  • Assume that Enrun holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips.  What is the maximum amount of inventory that Enrun will have on hand at any time, that is, what will be the inventory level right after a delivery is made?

 

 

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