Chapter 5
Chapter 5
22 Sales of Cool-Man air conditioners have grown steadily during the past 5 years:
The sales manager had predicted, before the business started, that year 1’s sales would be 410 air conditioners. Us
a = 0.30, develop forecasts for years 2 through 6.
5.23
Using smoothing constants of 0.6 and 0.9, develop forecasts for the sales of Cool-Man air conditi
5.25 Use a 3-year moving average forecasting model to forecast the sales of Cool-Man air condition
5.3 Emergency calls to Winter Park, Florida’s 911 system for the past 24 weeks are as follows:
MAD
6-20.
Lila Battle has determined that the annual demand for number 6 screws is 100,000 screws. Lila, who wor
She estimates that it costs $10 every time an order is placed. This cost includes her wages, the cost o
Furthermore, she estimates that the cost of carrying one screw in inventory for a year is one-half of 1 ce
(a) How many number 6 screws should Lila order at a time if she wishes to minimize total inve
(b) How many orders per year would be placed? What would the annual ordering cost be?
(c) What would the average inventory be? What would the annual holding cost be?
Solution
D = Annual Demand = 100,000 screws
Order Cost = $10
Carrying Cost = 0.0050 cents
6-27.
Ross White’s machine shop uses 2,500 brackets dur_x0002_ing the course of a year, and this usage is
pur_x0002_chased from a supplier 100 miles away for $15 each, and the lead time is 2 days. The holdin
and the ordering cost per order is $18.75. There are 250 wor
D = 2500
Purchasing Cost = $15
Lead Time = 2 days
Ch = $1.50
Co = $18.75
Total Annual Cost = Annual Order Cost + Annual Holding Cost + Purchasing Cost
$37,875.00
Week Calls
17 55
18 40
19 35
20 60
21 75
22 50
23 40
24 65
Absolute Deviation for 0.1 Absolute Deviation for 0.6 forecast squared 0.1
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15.00 15.00 -15.00 -15.00 225.00
23.50 16.00 -23.50 -16.00 552.25
6.15 8.60 -6.15 8.60 37.82
0.53 8.44 -0.53 8.44 0.29
10.48 6.62 -10.48 -6.62 109.86
24.43 17.65 -24.43 -17.65 596.99
11.99 2.94 -11.99 2.94 143.76
5.79 6.18 -5.79 6.18 33.54
20.21 12.53 -20.21 -12.53 408.52
23.19 10.01 -23.19 -10.01 537.81
4.13 21.00 4.13 21.00 17.04
18.72 23.40 18.72 23.40 350.27
3.16 10.64 -3.16 -10.64 9.96
12.84 14.26 -12.84 -14.26 164.88
18.44 24.30 18.44 24.30 340.17
16.60 9.72 16.60 9.72 275.54
0.06 11.11 -0.06 -11.11 0.00
5.05 9.44 -5.05 -9.44 25.55
20.45 21.22 20.45 21.22 418.24
33.41 23.49 33.41 23.49 1115.95
5.07 15.60 5.07 -15.60 25.66
5.44 16.24 -5.44 -16.24 29.61
20.10 18.50 20.10 18.50 404.12
00,000 screws. Lila, who works in her brother’s hardware store, is in charge of purchasing.
ncludes her wages, the cost of the forms used in placing the or_x0002_der, and so on.
for a year is one-half of 1 cent. Assume that the demand is constant throughout the year.
per year
units
per year
e of a year, and this usage is relatively constant throughout the year. These brackets are
ad time is 2 days. The holding cost per bracket per year is $1.50 (or 10% of the unit cost),
is $18.75. There are 250 working days per year