2. Product Planning is the ongoing process of
identifying and articulating market
requirements that define a product’s feature set.
Product planning serves as the basis for decisions
about price, distribution and promotion.
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10. Economic batch quantity (EBQ), also called "optimal
batch quantity" or economic production quantity, is a
measure used to determine the quantity of units that can
be produced at minimum average costs in a given batch
or production run.
Economic Production Quantity model (also known as the
EPQ model) is an extension of the Economic Order
Quantity model. The Economic Batch Quantity model, or
production lot-size model, is similar to the EOQ model in
that an optimum is to be calculated for the batch quantity
to be produced.
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11. In working with this EBQ model, principal assumptions are:
The demand (D) is known and constant within a certain period of time
The unit cost of the inventory item (U) is constant
The annual holding-cost per unit (Ch) is constant
The setup-cost per batch (C) is constant
The production time (tp) is known and constant
there is one kind of product
There is no interaction with other products
The aspect of time does not play a role, just the setup time does
The setup cost is constant and does not act upon the batch quantity.
Variables
K = setup cost
D = demand rate
F = holding cost
T = cycle length
P = production rate
Formula: Sqrt(2x annual demandx setup costs)/(inventory carrying cost per unit)
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