08.01.2017 Views

3e2a1b56-dafb-454d-87ad-86adea3e7b86

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

366<br />

Part Three<br />

Planning and control<br />

Table 12.6 Stock, cost and demand for three stocked items<br />

Item Average number in stock Cost per item (£) Annual demand<br />

Chateau A 500 3.00 2,000<br />

Chateau B 300 4.00 1,500<br />

Chateau C 200 5.00 1,000<br />

The stock turn for each item is calculated as follows:<br />

demand 2,000<br />

Chateau A, stock turn = = = 4 times/year<br />

stock 500<br />

demand 1,500<br />

Chateau B, stock turn = = = 5 times/year<br />

stock 300<br />

demand 1,000<br />

Chateau C, stock turn = = = 5 times/year<br />

stock 200<br />

To find the average stock cover or stock turn for the total items in the inventory, the<br />

individual item measures can be weighted by their demand levels as a proportion of total<br />

demand (4,500). Thus:<br />

A 2,000 D A 1,500 A<br />

Average stock cover = 12.5 × + 10 × ) + 10 ×<br />

C 4,500 F C 4,500 C<br />

= 11.11<br />

A 2,000 D A 1,500 D A<br />

Average stock turn = 4 × + 5 × + 5 ×<br />

C 4,500 F C 4,500 F C<br />

= 4.56<br />

1,000 D<br />

4,500 F<br />

1,000 D<br />

4,500 F<br />

Inventory information systems<br />

Most inventories of any significant size are managed by computerized systems. The many<br />

relatively routine calculations involved in stock control lend themselves to computerized<br />

support. This is especially so since data capture has been made more convenient through<br />

the use of bar-code readers and the point-of-sale recording of sales transactions. Many commercial<br />

systems of stock control are available, although they tend to share certain common<br />

functions.<br />

Updating stock records<br />

Every time a transaction takes place (such as the sale of an item, the movement of an<br />

item from a warehouse into a truck, or the delivery of an item into a warehouse) the position,<br />

status and possibly value of the stock will have changed. This information must be<br />

recorded so that operations managers can determine their current inventory status at<br />

any time.<br />

Generating orders<br />

The two major decisions we have described previously, namely how much to order and<br />

when to order, can both be made by a computerized stock control system. The first decision,<br />

setting the value of how much to order (Q), is likely to be taken only at relatively infrequent<br />

intervals. Originally almost all computer systems automatically calculated order quantities

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!