2 Inventory Management in the Supply Chain Motivation for Good Performance The Basic EOQ Model Statistical Methods Monte Carlo Simulation Method
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Source: Brown, M., Inventory Optimization: Show Me the Money, Supply Chain Management Review, July 2011.
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7 Source: Weltman example slide 18, calculation of safety stock when demand and lead time vary.
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11 Hard Drive Annual Demand = 25,000 Lead Time = 7 days Demand During Lead Time = (25,000 / 365) X L = 480 Cost = $128 per drive H = 25% of unit cost per year S = $1000 per order
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18 Hard Drive Annual Demand = 25,000 Lead Time = 7 days Demand rate = 68.5 days, normally distributed with s.d. of 40 days Cost = $128 per drive H = 25% of unit cost per year S = $1000 per order 95% Service Level
19 Sources: Eppen, G.D., & Martin, R.K. (1988). Determining safety stock in the presence of stochastic lead time and demand. Management Science, 34(11), Hadley, G., & Whitin, T.M., Analysis of Inventory Systems, Printice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1963.
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22 Simulation refers to an analytical method of repeated, random sampling, meant to approximate the behavior of a real-life system, especially when other methods are too, costly or difficult to reproduce.
23 Mean daily demand68.5 Standard deviation40 Daily Demand - Simulation74.98 Lead Time7 demand during lead time524.86
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27 What has been your smallest, largest, and most likely daily demands for the hard drive?
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