OPM 3000 Final Exam Prep Questions and Correct
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If two firms have the same annual inventory turns, they also have the
same days-of-supply. Ans: True
Why: (If two firms have the same annual inventory turns, then they have
the same years-of-supply because years-of-supply = 1 / annual inventory
turns. If they have the same years-of-supply, then they must have the
same days-of-supply as well because Days-of-supply = Years-of-supply ×
365.)
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Product A's annual inventory turns is 4 and product B's annual inventory
turns is 6. Which product has the higher amount of inventory, measured
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in dollars? Ans: Cannot be determined (could be either one)
Why: (Turns is the ratio of Sales to Inventory. Just because produce A has
the lower turns doesn't mean that it has the higher amount of inventory.
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Product A could have sales of $10,00 per year and product B could have
sales of $100,000 per year.)
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Which of the following possible responses by a customer who is faced
with a stockout is the most costly to the firm?
*Lose the sale and lose the customer. Correct
*Lose the sale.
*Lose the sale of one item, but the customer purchases another item.
*Customer waits for the item to become available. Ans: Lose the sale and
lose the customer
Firms in the same industry will have the same inventory turns. Ans:
False
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Why: (There can be variation in inventory turns among the same firms
within an industry.)
A local bookstore turns over its inventory once every four months. The
bookstore's annual cost of holding inventory is 35 percent.
What is the inventory holding cost (in $) for a book that the bookstore
purchases for $12 and sells for $19? ______ per book Ans: Answer is 1.40
per book
Why:
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Inventory turnover = 12 months / 4 months = 3 times.
Inventory holding cost for 12 months = 35% of unit cost
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Inventory holding cost for 4 months = 35% × (4/12) = 11.67 % per 4
months
Unit cost of the book = $12
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Holding cost per unit per 4 months = unit cost × holding cost for 4
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months
= $12 x 11.6%
= $ 1.392 per book per 4 months
= $1.40 per book per 4 months.
Hence, inventory holding cost (in $) for a book that the bookstore per
book is IS 1.4.
A bicycle manufacturer purchases bicycle seats from an outside supplier
for $23 each. The manufacturer's inventory of seats turns over 1.2 times
per month, and the manufacturer has an annual inventory holding cost of
33 percent.