What is the goal of the eoq model why does a firm hold


Question 1

Consider the following information:

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Beginning inventory (units)

0

J

1,100

Budgeted units to be produced

20,000

20,000

20,000

Actual units produced

19,000

20,600

Q

Units sold

A

20,600

R

Variable manufacturing costs per unit produced

$150

$150

$150

Variable marketing costs per unit sold

$20

$20

$20

Budgeted fixed manufacturing costs

$500,000

$500,000

$500,000

Fixed marketing costs

$200,000

$200,000

$200,000

Selling price per unit

$300

$300

$300

Variable costing operating income

B

$1,978,000

S

Absorption costing operating income

C

K

$1,859,000

Variable costing beginning inventory ($)

D

$165,000

T

Absorption costing beginning inventory ($)

E

L

U

Variable costing ending inventory ($)

F

M

$75,000

Absorption costing ending inventory ($)

G

N

$87,500

PVV

H

O

V

Allocated fixed manufacturing costs

I

P

$480,000

There are no price, efficiency, or spending variances, and any production-volume variance is directly written off to cost of goods in the quarter in which it occurs.

Complete the missing figures from the above Table. You need to show your work in order to be eligible for partial credit.

Q1

Q2

Q3

A

J

Q

B

K

R

C

L

S

D

M

T

E

N

U

F

O

V

G

P

 

H

 

 

I

 

 

Question 2

a) What is the goal of the EOQ model?

b) Why does a firm hold "safety stock?"

c) What costs are a firm trying to balance when it decides on how much safety stock to hold?

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