ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

INVENTORY AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The main purpose of establishing a reorder point is to:
A
avoid purchasing too much inventory if projections are incorrect
B
avoid a stockout situation
C
maintain adequate anticipation stock
D
reduce the company’s carrying costs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Setting a reorder point helps you optimize your inventory, replenish your stock of individual items at the right time, and meet your market demand without going out of stock.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reorder levels are critical for efficient inventory management. Not only does it help you reduce carrying costs, but it also helps prevent both overstocking and understocking, and ensures you have adequate stock to meet customer demand so that you don’t lose sales.

Detailed explanation-3: -The reorder point formula takes into account three factors: average daily sales or usage, average delivery lead time, and safety stock. First, let’s define all of the components that make up this equation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Benefits of using reorder points Some of the potential advantages of implementing reorder points include: Money saved. ROPs help to keep stock levels close to their optimal levels and alleviate the risk of stockouts. In this, they also help lower the chance of accidentally overstocking items.

Detailed explanation-5: -The reorder point (ROP) is the level of inventory which triggers an action to replenish that particular inventory stock. It is a minimum amount of an item which a firm holds in stock, such that, when stock falls to this amount, the item must be reordered.

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