Operations Management
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Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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QUESTION 3a. Delightful Coffee Limited (DCLL) purchases coffee from Hopeful Harvest Plantations (HHP)in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. HHP sells coffee at four (4) different prices, depending on the size ofthe order, as shown in Table 3 (below):Table 3. Hopeful Harvest Plantations - Coffee pricesWeight of Coffee Price ($USD)Less than 45 kilograms $18 per kilogram45 to 449 kilograms $17 per kilogram,450 to 1000 kilograms $16 per kilogramMore than 1000 kilograms $15 per kilogramThe cost to place an order at DCLL is $50. Annual demand is 4,500 units. The holding (orcarrying) cost is 20 percent of the material price.
(i) Calculate the EOQ at each Price Break.
QUESTION 3a. Delightful Coffee Limited (DCLL) purchases coffee from Hopeful Harvest Plantations (HHP)in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. HHP sells coffee at four (4) different prices, depending on the size ofthe order, as shown in Table 3 (below):Table 3. Hopeful Harvest Plantations - Coffee pricesWeight of Coffee Price ($USD)Less than 45 kilograms $18 per kilogram45 to 449 kilograms $17 per kilogram,450 to 1000 kilograms $16 per kilogramMore than 1000 kilograms $15 per kilogramThe cost to place an order at DCLL is $50. Annual demand is 4,500 units. The holding (orcarrying) cost is 20 percent of the material price.
(i) Calculate the EOQ at each Price Break and Indicate which EOQs are feasible and those which are not feasible.
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