Operations management - Production Planning: The Economic Order Quantity Model (EOQ)
Master Demand, Inventory & Production Planning to Optimize Your Operations.
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15 learners
What you'll learn
Calculate demand forecasts for production planning
Develop an aggregate plan and master production schedule
Apply inventory management models to determine order quantities
Construct a material requirements plan (MRP) for components
Master the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model—how to choose the cheapest order size by balancing ordering cost and holding cost when demand is steady and replenishment is instantaneous. We cover the intuition, the key formulas, and two clean worked examples (tire distributor, bakery).
What you’ll learn
When EOQ applies (and when it doesn’t)
Two solved examples with interpretable numbers
Chapters
00:00 Why EOQ matters
00:14 When to use EOQ
00:34 Key formulas
01:03 Example 1 — Tire distributor
03:10 Example 2 — Bakery (with “what if” on H)
06:52 More explanation
07:05 Model assumptions
07:29 Inventory cycle
08:00 Inventory cost elements
09:45 The total annual inventory cost
10:10 The optimal order quantity equation
10:45 Call to action
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