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1. The Fine Garments Company sells fashion clothing. The forecasted annual demand for its premium leather jacket is 1200. The order processing cost per da

  1. 1. The Fine Garments Company sells fashion clothing. The forecasted annual demand for its premium leather jacket is 1200. The order processing cost per da is $25, and the inventory holding cost is $50/item/year. The company wants to use a reorder point system. It has the order quantity set at 35. To allow for uncertainties in delivery and in customer demand it wishes to hold 4 weeks of demand as safety stock. 
  2. What should its reorder point be if the delivery lead time is 2 weeks? 


  1. 2.  Hamilton Fabricators at Te Rapa orders steel plates from the Te Akau steel plant on a regular basis. An investigation revealed the following details: annual demand = 5,000 tons, 
  2. cost of steel = $2,000/ton, 
  3. current order size = 500 tons
  4. Transported by TranzRail:
  5. TranzRail transport cost = $100/ton,
  6. safety inventory carried = 50% of demand during replenishment lead time, 
  7. Inventory holding cost = 25% of purchase price per year, 
  8. replenishment lead time = 5 days. 

  9. Required
  10. Calculate the transit inventory cost
  11. Safety inventory cost
  12. Transportation cost on an annual basis.

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