Taylor Incorporated Inventory Management:
Background:
Taylor Incorporated is a manufacturing and sales organization specializing in speed and distance measurement devices?not all of which are manufactured by Taylor Incorporated. One particular distance measurement device produced by Parker Altibelli Industries has just been put in the Taylor Incorporated inventory. The Taylor Incorporated management team is extremely enthusiastic about the sales of the new device to law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, and commercial and private trucking companies. The device projects a laser beam between an electronic reflecting object and the laser gun itself and provides an instantaneous distance reading that is accurate to one thousandth of an inch. Accident investigators are raving about the device because of the amount of time saved in gathering distances at the scene of an accident and because of the enhanced accuracy. An example of the type of measurement often taken is from the point of impact to the final stopping point of the vehicle.
Specific Sales and Costs
Sales are estimated to be 4,500 units annually at $3,000 each. The cost of each unit for Taylor Incorporated is $1,200. Inventory carrying cost is 5% of the cost value of the device. Order placement cost is $60.
Answer the following questions:
1. Identify the number of units to purchase for the new distance measurement device based on the economic order quantity.
2. Identify the number or orders per year that must be made to take advantage of the economic order quantity.