Module Code: MFAC7319
Learning Unit 1: Planning and controlling of inventory
Theme and Learning Outcomes Textbook (Drury) reference Concept Videos VC Learn & Textbook
Activities
Theme 1: Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Content supplemented from Drury, C. Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) VC Learn
Describe the three motives for holding 2020. Management and Cost Accounting. https://youtu.be/qx2n9qQC_Ro Activity 1.1.1
inventory 11th ed. Chapter 25 Activity 1.2.1
Apply the economic order quantity (EOQ) Why do firms hold inventories? Example – EOQ calculation
to a set of information Relevant costs for quantitative models https://youtu.be/YKzaKhCtxkY Drury 11th ed. Chp 25
Make decisions about quantity discounts under conditions of certainty (Drury 11th ed. Chapter 25 textbook – Q25.14) (textbook)
(e.g. EOQ vs quantity discount decisions) Determining the economic order Question 25.1 – 25.19
Discuss the qualitative factors you would quantity EOQ vs quantity discount decisions
take into consideration before accepting Assumptions of the EOQ formula https://youtu.be/ovsDmX1Ux2c Drury 11th ed. Chp 25
quantity discounts Application of the EOQ model in (student manual)
Decide when to place an order determining the optimum batch size for Example - EOQ vs quantity discount decisions Question 25.1 – 25.6
(e.g. re-order point) a production run https://youtu.be/TY-Bg3oW2cw
Quantity discount (Drury 11th ed. Chapter 25 textbook – Q25.18)
Determining when to place an order
Other factors influencing the choice of Re-order point:
order quantity https://youtu.be/EfWwmVminPQ
Example – Re-order point calculation
https://youtu.be/8T229IbwjhA
Theme 2: Safety Stock Content supplemented from Drury, C. Safety stock
Calculate Apply safety stock levels (will 2020. Management and Cost Accounting. https://youtu.be/AR3pNmjmGDc
be given) 11th ed. Chapter 25
Discuss the purpose of implementing a Uncertainty and safety stocks
safety stock policy
Theme 3: Just-in-Time (JIT) Purchasing Chapter 23 Just-in-time VC Learn
Describe how Just-in-Time (JIT) differs Just-in-time systems https://youtu.be/ylR-NH_eMWQ Activity 1.3.1
from traditional purchasing principles
Drury textbook
Question 23.14 – 23.16
Drury student manual
Question 23.1