Consider a company facing a demand pattern and costs as follows:

Month Sequential Number Requirements (Units)

January 1 200 February 2 300 March 3 180 April 4 70 May 5 50 June 6 20 July 7 10 August 8 30 September 9 90 October 10 120 November 11 150 December 12 190 Total 1,410 A $160.00 r (per month) 0.10$/$

v $5.00

a. Construct a replenishment schedule and calculate the associated costs using the fixed EOQ method.

b. Repeat using the Wagner–Whitin algorithm.

c. Repeat using the Silver–Meal heuristic.

d. Repeat using the LUC method.

e. Repeat using the PPB method.

f. Repeat using the POQ method.