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RIORDAN MANUFACTURING
INVENTORY
Various inventory costsHow decisions depend on inventory costs Inventory practices Inventory carrying costsManagement tactics for inventoryTechnology dependent strategiesRelationships dependent strategies
Objectives
Four major types of inventory costsInventory carrying costs
o Capital costoCost of storage spaceoService cost of inventoryoRisk cost of inventory
Order/setup costExpected stockout costIn-transit inventory carrying cost
Types of Inventory Costs
Higher inventory investment = greater customer service and support
Trade off between cost and service◦ Economic order quantity model◦ Finding new logistics solutions
Just in time Better customer service Lesser investment in inventory
Inventory Costs affect decisions
Reduction in the buffer stock
Avoid contract penalty clauses Reduces inventory cost
Decrement in raw material level
Increase customer ordering responsibility Steady order schedule
Reduces inventory cost Manages logistics requirements
Inventory Practices
Riordan would have to bear all the expenses pertaining to inventory
The profit is reduced due to the inventory costs
Backorders and unmatched demands arise from reduced inventory level.
Higher cost, space constraints and inventory risk cost result from having higher inventory
Carrying costs
Distribution Requirements Planning – DRP
Materials Requirements Planning – MRP
Just in Time – JIT
Riordan must implement JIT
Inventory Management Strategies
ERP solution
◦ MRP◦ Globalize software
Results◦ Increase in efficiency◦ Paperless◦ Decrease in inventory level
Technology – based Strategies
Forging alliances with important suppliers Exercising control to reduce risk Pull/Push strategy JIT
Relationship-based strategies
Various inventory costs Find a trade off between cost and service Decrease buffer stock and raw materials Rising inventory cost Recommendation for JIT Develop ERP system Work towards establishing better
relationship with suppliers
Overview
Accounting for Management website. (2011). Economic order
quantity (EOQ). Retrieved from
http://www.accountingformanagement.com/economic_order_quant
ity_eco.htm
Coyle, J. J., Langley, C. J., Gibson, B. J., Novak, R. A., & Bardi, E. J.
(2008). Supply chain management: A logistics perspective (8th
Ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage.
Engel, B. (2011). 10 Best practices you should be doing now.
Retrieved from
http://www.supplychainquarterly.com/topics/Procurement/scq2011
01bestpractices/
References
Riordan Manufacturing intranet (2006). Operations: Supply
chain. Retrieved from
https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cist/VOP/Business/Riord
an/Ops/RioOps005.htm
Reference