HeatWave Appliances: Optimizing Inventory Management
商品編號：W40157
出版日期：2025/09/19
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商品主題：Entrepreneurship; Operations Management
商品類型：Case (Field)
涵蓋議題：Economic Order Quantity (EOQ);Demand Forecasting;Seasonal Demand;Safety Stock;Bulk Discounts
難易度：5 - MBA/Postgraduate
內容長度：6 頁
地域：India
產業：Manufacturing
事件年度：2024
In April 2024, Kavita Singh, the operations manager at HeatWave Appliances, headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India, faced an immediate challenge in forecasting monthly demand for the firm’s premier product, microwaves, which exhibited seasonal fluctuations. Specifically, she needed to estimate the economic order quantity (EOQ) and safety-stock levels needed for HeatWave to maintain a service level of 99 per cent. The company's manufacturing division also faced the challenge of procuring microwave components, for which suppliers offered bulk discounts. Singh hoped to identify a strategy that would reduce total procurement costs while ensuring that HeatWave’s production team could respond effectively to fluctuating microwave demand.
教學手冊：HeatWave Appliances: Optimizing Inventory Management - Teaching Note
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