The Service Parts Profit Optimization Question?

Ole Ersoy
1 min readApr 10, 2020
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Question

We supply high precision robotic arm gears with:

  • Purchase Cost: of $400,000
  • Sales Price: $700,000
  • Lead Time Days: 400
  • Cost of Capital: 12%
  • Expected Annual Demand: 8 Units

What is the Optimal Stocking Level for the Part?

Bonus Question

What is the Optimal Stocking Level under all demand scenarios?

Final Question

Which scenario is most profitable?

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