CPIM Part 2, Module 5 - Inventory Flashcards
What are the four purposes of inventory management?
- Better customer service
- Greater operating efficiency
- Longer production runs
- Volume purchases
What are the five stages of inventory over time?
- Operating inventory
- Excess inventory
- Inactive inventory
- Obsolete inventory
- Scrap
When is inventory inactive?
When it has not been used for a defined period
When is inventory excess?
When it is more than the minimum amount needed
What is distressed inventory?
Products that are damaged or close to their expiration date
When is inventory obsolete?
When it has met the obsolescence criteria
What is aggregate inventory management?
Establishing the overall level (dollar value) of inventory desired and implementing controls to achieve this goal
What four goals drive an organization’s inventory policy?
- Customer service
- Operational efficiency
- Financial return on investment
- Environmental impact
Which three issues could arise with a push system for managing the inventory in the distribution channel / supply chain?
- The bullwhip effect
- Higher risk of obsolescence
- Poor customer service levels
For which three types of goods is the order point method used for replenishment? And which one specially not?
- High-volume goods with independent demand
- Dependent demand items with stable and continuous demand
- MRO supplies when lot sizes are constrain by supplier
- NOT for A items (because of inventory costs)
When can a periodic review replenishment method best be used?
- The goal is to lower ordering costs
- For multiple low-value items that are depleting at different rates
- When economical truck loads can be created
What is the major precaution in a periodic review replenishment method?
To ensure that an item’s total inventory is sufficient to cover demand during both the review period as well as the lead time
For which type of items is a visual review (two-bin) system used for replenishment?
For items with both dependent and independent demand but typically for lower-valued (C) items
When can a kanban system be used for replenishment?
For dependent demand items in lean production
In order to use the EOQ method for replenishment four assumptions have to apply, which ones are these?
- Demand is constant
- The item is produced in batched or lots
- Ordering and inventory costs are constant and known
- Replenishment occurs all at once
What does the itemized inventory policy do?
It provides constraints on the upper and lower limits of an items inventory amount.
- Upper limit controls costs
- Lower limit controls stockout costs
Which three methods can be used to determine lot size?
- Lot-for-lot
- Fixed order quantity
- Order n periods
In what four types of situations is L4L used?
- In planning and fulfilling time-phased requirements for dependent demand items in MRP and for independent demand items in MPS
- When ordering or making inexpensive or infrequently used items
- When ordering perishable items where there is the risk of loss due to expired shelf life
- In lean, to reduce waste