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Where demand is uncertain, a key purchasing objective will be :

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Question added by Sathish Prabhu.V , Manager - Operations & Process Improvement , Revolution Valves
Date Posted: 2016/05/09
Saiyid Maududi-Oracle Applications Consultant
by Saiyid Maududi-Oracle Applications Consultant , Entrerprise Architect , US Technomatrix, Inc

Hello Team,

Inventory Control: Consider a retailer that maintains an inventory of a particular product. Since customer demand changes over time, the retailer can use only historical data to predict demand. The retailer’s objective is to decide at what point to reorder a new batch of the product, and how much to order so as to minimize inventory ordering and holding costs. More fundamentally, why should the retailer hold inventory in the first place? Is it due to uncertainty in customer demand, uncertainty in the supply process, or some other reasons? If it is due to uncertainty in customer demand, is there anything that can be done to reduce it? What is the impact of the forecasting tool used to predict customer demand? Should the retailer order more than, less than, or exactly the demand forecast? And, finally, what inventory turnover ratio should be used? Does it change from industry to industry?

Regards,

 

Saiyid

ghazi Almahadeen
by ghazi Almahadeen , Project Facilitator , Jordan River Foundation

Fast delivery........................................

 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

A) Fast delivery...........

Sathish Prabhu.V
by Sathish Prabhu.V , Manager - Operations & Process Improvement , Revolution Valves

Option A, Fast delivery will  be the appropriate answer because to meet uncertain demand fast delivery is the right option whereas dependable delivery or other options will not serve immediate requirement purpose

MADAN MOHAN GAJULA
by MADAN MOHAN GAJULA , Material Coordinator , Sadara Chemical Company

 

c. Low price =============== is the right answer

NIRAV SHAH
by NIRAV SHAH , MANAGER PROCUREMENT (DIRECT MATERIALS) , L&T SPECIAL STEELS AND HEAVY FORGINGS

I agree with Mr. Sathish Prabhu

hadeel abu taleb
by hadeel abu taleb , Quality Assurance Engineer , Arab medical center

I THINK LOW BRICE OPTION (C) 

 

Ramzi SAMRI
by Ramzi SAMRI , Industrial engineer , Institut für Betriebliche Bildungsforschung Berlin (IBBF)

As I know, dependable delivery is the good solution.

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

option " D "                           .

Mohamed Abdulfatah  Elhariri
by Mohamed Abdulfatah Elhariri , Supervisor , SBG

Dependable delivery as i think.

Shameer Nazir Madari
by Shameer Nazir Madari , Assistant Finance Manager , METAL AND RECYCLING COMPANY K.S.C. (PUBLIC)

The answer is

A) Fast delivery

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