Transcription of Chapter 19 Inventory Theory - Unicamp
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93519 Inventory Theory Sorry, we re out of that item. How often have you heard that during shopping trips? Inmany of these cases, what you have encountered are stores that aren t doing a very goodjob of managing their inventories(stocks of goods being held for future use or sale). Theyaren t placing orders to replenish inventories soon enough to avoid shortages. These storescould benefit from the kinds of techniques of scientific Inventory management that aredescribed in this isn t just retail stores that must manage inventories. In fact, inventories pervadethe business world. Maintaining inventories is necessary for any company dealing withphysical products, including manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. For example,manufacturers need inventories of the materials required to make their products.
The unit production costof a single speaker (excluding the setup cost) is $10, inde-pendent of the batch size produced. (In general, however, the unit production cost need not be constant and may decrease with batch size.) 3. The production of speakers in large batches leads to a large inventory. The estimated
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