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PARTIV

CASESOLUTIONS
CASE91:LOWNAILCOMPANY
Question1:UsingtheEOQmethodsoutlinedinchapter9,howmanykegsofnails
shouldLoworderatonetime?
TheEOQformulais:
EOQ=2(annualuseinunits)(costofplacinganorder)/
annualcarryingcostperitemperyear
=2(2000)(60)/2
=120,000
=345kegsperorder
Notethe2inthedenominator.Thatisbecause,onaverage,therentedwarehousespaceis
onlyhalffull,which,makestheaveragewarehousingcostperkegbe$2.
Question2:Assumeallconditionsinquestion1hold,exceptthatLowssuppliernow
offersaquantitydiscountintheformofabsorbingallorpartofLowsorderprocessing
costs.Forordersof750ormorekegsofnails,thesupplierwillabsorballtheorder
processingcosts;forordersbetween249and749kegs,thesupplierwillabsorbhalf.
WhatisLowsnewEOQ?(Itmightbeusefultolayoutallcostsintabularformforthis
andlaterquestions.)

Processingcosts
($)

Warehousing
costs($)

Sumof
processingand
warehousing
costs($)

Orders/year

Ordersize

2,000

Free

2,000

2,000

1,000

Free

1,000

1,000

667

90

667

757

500

120

500

620

400

150

400

550

334

180

334

514

286

210

286

496

250

240

250

490

223

540

223

743

ThenewEOQ,basedontheaboveinformation,is250kegs.
Question3:Temporarily,ignoreyourworkonquestion2.AssumethatLows
warehouseofferstorentLowspaceonthebasisoftheaveragenumberofkegsLowwill
haveinstock,ratherthanonthemaximumnumberofkegsLowwouldneedroomfor

wheneveranewshipmentarrived.Thestoragecostperkegremainsthesame.Doesthis
changetheanswertoQuestion1?Ifso,whatisthenewanswer?
Therelevanttableisasfollows:

Processingcosts
($)

Warehousing
costs($)

Sumof
processingand
warehousing
costs($)

Orders/year

Ordersize

2,000

60

1,000

1,060

1,000

120

500

620

667

180

334

524

500

240

250

490

400

300

200

500

ThenewEOQ,basedontheaboveinformation,is500.
Question4:Takeintoaccounttheanswertoquestion1andthesuppliersnewpolicy
outlinedinquestion2andthewarehousesnewpolicyinquestion3.Thendetermine
LowsnewEOQ.

Therelevanttableisasfollows:

Processingcosts
($)

Warehousing
costs($)

Sumof
processingand
warehousing
costs($)

Orders/year

Ordersize

2,000

Free

1,000

1,000

1,000

Free

500

500

667

90

334

424

500

120

250

370

400

150

200

350

334

180

167

347

286

210

143

353

ThenewEOQ,basedontheaboveinformation,is334.
Question5:Temporarily,ignoreyourworkonquestions2,3,and4.Lowsluckatthe
racetrackisover;henowmustborrowmoneytofinancehisinventoryofnails.Looking
atthesituationoutlinedinquestion1,assumethatthewholesalecostofnailsis$40per
kegandthatLowmustpayinterestattherateof1.5%permonthontheunsoldinventory.
WhatishisnewEOQ?
Thisanswercanbedoneintabularformaswell,withtheinterestoninventoryappearing
asanewcolumn.Ifoneorderisplacedayear,theaverageinventoryis1,000
kegs,worth$40,000,withannualinterestcharges(1.5x12=18%)of$7,200.
Otherinterestcostsarecalculatedinasimilarfashion,adjustedforaverage
inventory.
Therelevanttableisasfollows:

Orders/year

Ordersize

Processing
costs($)

Warehousing
costs($)

Interestcosts
($)

Sumof
processing,
warehousing,
andinterest
costs($)

2,000

60

2,000

7,200

9,260

1,000

120

1,000

3,600

4,720

667

180

667

2,405

3,252

500

240

500

1,800

2,540

400

300

400

1,440

2,140

334

360

334

1,203

1,897

286

420

286

1,030

1,736

250

480

250

900

1,630

223

540

223

807

1,570

10

200

600

200

720

1,520

11

182

660

182

656

1,498

12

167

720

167

605

1,492

13

154

780

154

555

1,489

14

143

840

143

519

1,502

ThenewEOQ,basedontheaboveinformation,is154kegs.
Question6:Takingintoaccountallthefactorslistedinquestions1,2,3,and5,calculate
LowsEOQforkegsofnails.
Therelevanttableisasfollows:

Orders/year
1

Ordersize
2,000

Processing
costs($)
Free

Warehousing
costs($)
1,000

Interestcosts
($)
7,200

Sumof
processing,
warehousing,
andinterest
costs($)
8,200

1,000

Free

500

3,600

4,100

667

90

334

2,405

2,829

500

120

250

1,800

2,170

400

150

200

1,440

1,790

334

180

167

1,203

1,550

286

210

143

1,030

1,383

250

240

125

900

1,265

223

540

112

807

1,459

Thenewanswer,basedontheaboveinformation,is250kegs.

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