This paper investigates various Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) models and reviews the potential application and related benefits. Two EOQ model were the primary focus: tiered manufacturing prices, and a fixed/variable manufacturing price structure. Both cases define a Total Cost Function that serves as the basis for optimization. Additionally, several probability distributions were estimated for the EOQ which can provide percentiles to be used as Request for Quote tiers.
Introduction:
The optimal management of procurement activity requires the minimization of not only direct and obvious costs such as unit costs but also related but less tangible costs. The primary costs related to procurement are composed of: unit cost, inventory holding cost (storage and handling costs), finance costs (corporate capital charge) and order cost (quote and PO placement cost). This procurement optimization process and the resulting quantity are commonly referred to as “Economic Order Quantity” analysis. The primary focus of this paper is to outline potential approaches to optimizing AAR’s procurement processes through Economic Order Quantity analysis.
Parameters:
Unit Cost:
C_i=Unit Cost for P.O.tier i q=Purchase Order Quantity q∈├ [θ_(i,1) ┤,θ_(i,2) )
Capital Charge:
The capital charge is calculated by multiplying total capital expenditures by the capital charge rate. The capital charge rate is treated as a simple interest calculation that is charged monthly, at a prorated factor, to each business unit. DSL’s gross annual capital charge is 10%.
AAR is assessed a capital charge by corporate each month based on total capital expenditures. The annual fee of 10% is prorated and assessed on a monthly basis (10%/12 = 0.83%). For the purpose of this anal...
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...n a mix of fixed and variable costs as well as other influences such as learning curves, the manufacturer will experience reduced incremental costs for each additional unit purchased above each tier’s minimum purchase quantity. The main goal of the below methodology is to capture the inefficiencies of minimum purchase quantities and purchase based on true costs.
Estimating Fixed and Variable Costs
Once provided the tiered pricing from the supplier, their fixed and variable costs can be estimated. A linear regression of the extended costs (unit cost * minimum purchase quantity) for each tier against the minimum purchase quantity will provide an estimate of the supplier’s fixed (Y intercept) and variable (slope) costs. This information can then be used to negotiate with the supplier for updated pricing for new tiers based on updated EOQ analysis.
C_i=C_V+C_F q_i^(-1)
Based on the optimal capital structure analysis, they should pursue as 70% debt proportion, which will give them the lowest cost of capital at 11.58%. Currently Star has no debt in their capital structure, so these new projects should begin to add debt to the company. However, no matter what debt and equity proportions are chosen for each project, the discount rate of 11.58% should be used, as the capital budgeting decisions should be independ...
Answer: WACC covers computation of SIVMED’s cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately weighted. All capital basis - common stock, preferred stock, bonds or any other long-term borrowings – should be listed under SIVMED’s WACC. We determine WACC by multiplying the cost of the corresponding capital component by its proportional weight and then adding: where: Re is a cost of equity Rd is a cost of debt E is a market value of the firm's equity D is a market value of the firm's debt V equals E + D E/V is a proportion of financing that is equity D/V is a proportion of financing that is debt Tc is a corporate tax rate Broadly speaking, SIVMED’s assets are financed by the choice of debt or equity. WACC is the average of the costs of these sources of financing, each of which is weighted by its respective use in the given situation. By taking a weighted average, SIVMED can determine how much interest the company has to pay for every dollar it uses. Shareholders are interested into cash flows available to them, after corporate taxes have been paid. Consequently, we have to use After-Tax WACC. The cost of capital is used above all to make decisions that involve getting new capital. Hence, the applicable component costs are present marginal costs but not than historical costs.
How much of an item to order helps control cost this technically this refers to economic order quantity model (EOQ). EOQ identify,” The optimal order quantity by minimizing the sum of certain annual cost that vary with order size and other frequency.” (Stevenson) Have a fixed cost is the basic model to understand a cost that does not change makes to easy calculate and leaves monies for other expenses. Acquiring the ability to optimize an order takes experience knowing ordering cost and carrying cost. Carry cost on small items can result in ordering much more
Overhead based on direct labor includes the cost of the Product Development Support Center, interest expenses, and general and administrative expenses. The Product Development Support Center failed to account for hours spent on each product, which will not only complicate the product cost calculations, but also the calculation of capitalization expenses later on. The Development Support Center will be most used during the peak (i.e. most hours) time of development for each product, and hours worked will probably be the best way to divvy up the costs of the support center. The money invested in the company is being used on developing each product right now. I figured interest would best be divvied up by hours to attribute the interest expense to the product using the most of the investment. Similar to the reasons stated before general and administrative costs are going to be associated with the most prominent product, and that is best seen through hours. (Figure A)
However, each product type is produced in large numbers and the production processes are repetitive with direct materials, direct labour, and also variable manufacturing overhead. In short, each product uses the same amount of direct costs as other products in the same product type. Process costing is most suited for Fancy Chocolate’s direct costs. However, since this new order from the national supplier is a special order, F.C will need to make new chocolate bars with different flavours and ingredient additives. When special custom orders are made, job order costing is suitable. With the combination of process costing and job order costing, the hybrid costing system should be used to cost direct
Signode Industries Inc. - Providing Packaging Solutions Executive Summary SIGNODE INDUSTRY: DILEMMA AT HAND: Mr. Gary Reed, President of Signode Industries packaging division, is in a dilemma as what he should be his course of action to meet the 6.8% increase in price of cold rolled steel- the raw material used in manufacture of Signode’s primary product, steel strapping. There are few options given in the case: Increase Signode’s strapping prices to offset the increased price of cold – rolled steel. Maintain Signode’s current book prices as increasing prices would affect sales force morale. Introduce price-flex model as proposed by Jack Davis i.e. a kind of selective discounting or premium charging for customized services. Recommendations Reason: (All data in accordance to 1983) In accordance to Exhibit 1: Sales of Packaging Division of the company = $285,950 In accordance to Table A: Sales of Apex = 33.3% of $285,950 Sales of BBM = 26.8% of $285,950 Sales of HDM = 33.4% of $285,950 Sales of Customized Products = 6.5% of $285,950 In accordance to Exhibit 4: Similarly, For Apex: As it has a capacity utilization of 71% now, Suppose a sale is $100. Then contribution is $39.15 Therefore variable cost is $60.85. Now if we increase the capacity utilization to 100%, Sales becomes $ 141 since production increases by [(100-71)/71] * 100 = 41% Variable Cost = 141% of 60.85 = $85.8 Fixed Cost = 69.38% * 12.3 = $8.53 Total Cost = 85.8+8.53 = $94.33 EBIT = Sales – Variable cost – Fixed Cost = $46.67 % of EBIT = [(46.67/141) * 100] = 33.09% Suppose the company sales 100x units, the total cost was 69.38. Thus per unit cost was .6938. Now the company sells 141x units, the total cost...
Comparing two cost systems, the new system added two new cost pools based on the traditional one, which usually allocated support costs to material, labor and supported related cost pools. The old system did not reflect the increasing support costs of specialty products so that it was unable to reduce costs and provide a good choice for the plant on how to choose profitable orders. From our calculations (Exhibit 3), the new system transferred engineering costs and Administrative costs to order processing costs pool and special components cost pool similarly. It shows that the new system is more clear and efficient on cost reduced and al...
Job-order costing is used in situations where the organization offers many different products or services, such as in furniture manufacturing, hospitals, and legal firms. Process costing is used where units of product are homogeneous, such as in flour milling or cement production.
Cost can be divided into fixed and variable and by considering into fact that fixed and variable cost can be unarguably split into two, even though they behave differently based on the level of sales of volumes. Since, cost is used in every field to determine the price of an item and the unit sold. Two of the main components of cost are fixed and variable cost and is used to differentiate between the costs that have no direct correlation to business and those that do.
For example: with the increase of the number of products produced, the cost of operating a machine also increase. Second we have batch level costs which is associated with batches; producing a multiple units of the same product that are processed together is called a batch. The third type is product level costs which arise from any activity in order to support the production of products. The fourth and the last type is facility level costs, this costs cannot be determined with a particular unit, product or batch; this costs are fixed with respect to batches, products and number of units produced. A single measure of volume is used for allocating costs to each service or product in traditional method for example: direct material cost, machine hours, direct labor cost and direct labor hours. A cost driver is an activity that generate costs, it can be generated by two types of costs the first is a particular machine 's running costs where the costs is driven by production volume as machine hours; the second is quality inspection costs where the cost is driven by the number of times the relevant activity occurs as the number of
(2014) deduced that procurement performance can be assessed by focusing ondelivery,flexibility, quality, cost and technology. Optimal performance attainment is dependent onhow current suppliers`relationships aremanaged so asto ensure constant availability of needed quality supplies at the organization. This will ensure that sourced materials are indeed procured at the right costand atthe right time. Procurement performancestrives toenable improvements in the procurement process at the organizationso as to improve on qualitydelivery of firm products and servicesatleast possible time and
The second way is to achieve low direct and indirect operating costs is gained by offering high volumes of standard products and offering basic no-frills products. Production costs are kept low by using less parts and using standard components. Limiting the number of models produced to ensure larger producti...
During the last few years, Harry Davis Industries has been too constrained by the high cost of capital to make many capital investments. Recently, though, capital costs have been declining, and the company has decided to look seriously at a major expansion program that had been proposed by the marketing department. Assume that you are an assistant to Leigh Jones, the financial vice president. Your first task is to estimate Harry Davis’s cost of capital. Jones has provided you with the following data, which she believes may be relevant to your task.