11 Inventory Control
11 Inventory Control
11 Inventory Control
(INDEPENDENT DEMAND)
Inventory is the store of goods and stock
•Return on investment
•Buffer stock
•Decoupling
•Production smoothing
•Reduce material handling
•Bulk purchasing
TYPES OF MANUFACTURING INVENTORIES
•Raw material
•Work in process
•Finished goods
•Spares and consumables
•Miscellaneous
PRESSURES FOR LOW INVENTORY
•Interest
•Opportunity cost
•Storage and handling cost
•Taxes / insurance
•shrinkage
PRESSURES FOR HIGH INVENTORY
•Customer service
•Ordering cost
•Setup cost
•Transportation cost
•Quantity discounts
MULTISTAGE INVENTORY
MULTIECHELON INVENTORY
•Cost of items
•Procurement cost
•Carrying cost
•Stock out cost
•System cost
Total cost
Ordering cost
Q* Order quantity
OPERATING DOCTRINE
WHEN TO ORDER R
INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS
. Q
Inventory level
R
T1 T2 time
T1 = T2
Q = Q max
FIXED ORDER QUANTITY SYSTEM
Inventory level
(VARIABLE DEMAND)
L1 L2 time
FIXED ORDER TIME SYSTEM
(VARIABLE DEMAND)
.
Inventory level
T1 T2 T3 time
T1 = T2 = T3
Q max is fixed
NOATATIONS
D total annual demand
Q order quantity
Q* optimal order quantity
R reorder point
R* optimal reorder point
L lead time
S setup / procurement cost per order
C cost per unit
I carrying cost per unit per year
P production rate
dL demand per unit time during lead time
DL total demand during lead time
TC total annual cost
TC* minimum total annual cost
ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY
D is constant
L is constant
C is constant
No stock out is allowed
TC 1 q Q
= +
TC* 2 Q q
Qmax
Inventory level
-d
p -d
Tp
Qmax = (p-d) Q / p
Tp = Q / p = p–d Q
p
GRADUAL REPLACEMENT MODEL
ECONOMIC BATCH SIZE
Average inventory = Q p-d
2 p
TC = CQ + SD / Q + ICQ/2 p-d
p
2DS P
IC P-D
QUANTITY DISCOUNT
Price range
EOQ at next
Compute total cost
lowest price
Choose minimum
total cost
INVENTORY DECISIONS OF PERISHABLE PRODUCTS
Cu = cost of shortage
Co = cost of overstock
Critical fractile = Cu
Cu + Co
R = LdL + zб
Z = number of standard deviations equivalent
to confidence level
Reorder Point
Service level
Risk of
a stock out
Probability of
no stock out
ROP Quantity
Expected
demand Safety
stock
0 z z-scale
INVENTORY CLASSIFICATION
. 70
frequency
A class items %
items