Parts Emporium
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It seems that the inventory is in all the wrong places.
Although there is an average of approximately 60 days of inventory, customer service is inadequate.
Parts Emporium tries to backorder the customer orders not immediately filled from stock,
but some 10 percent of demand is being lost to competing distributorships.
Because stockouts are costly, relative to inventory holding costs,
McCaskey believes that a cycle-service level of at least 95 percent should be achieved.
Parts Emporium, Inc. was formed in 1973 as a wholesale distributor of automobile parts by two disenchanted auto mechanics, Dan Block and Ed Spriggs.
Originally located in Block's garage, the firm showed slow but steady growth until 1976, when it relocated to an old, abandoned meat-packing warehouse on Chicago's South Side.
With increased space for inventory storage, the company was able to begin offering an expanded line of auto parts. This increased selection, combined with the trend toward longer car ownership,
led to an explosive growth of the business.
By 1998, Parts Emporium was the largest independent distributor [dIs'trIbjutq] of auto parts in the north central region. Recently, Parts Emporium relocated in a sparkling new office and warehouse complex off Interstate 55 in suburban Chicago. The warehouse space alone occupied more than 100,000 square feet.
Although only a handful of new products have been added since the warehouse was constructed,
its utilization has increased from 65 percent to more than 90 percent of capacity.
During this same period, however, sales growth has stagnated.
These conditions motivated Block and Spriggs to hire the first manager from outside the company in the firm's history. Sue McCaskey knows that although her influence to initiate changes will be limited,
she must produce positive results immediately.
Thus, she decides to concentrate on two products from the extensive product line:
the EG151 exhaust gasket (набивка, прокладка, сальник, уплотнение) and the DB032 drive belt. If she can demonstrate significant gains from proper inventory m products, perhaps Block and Spriggs will give her the backing needed to change the total inventory management system. The EG151 exhaust gasket is purchased from an over-seas supplier, Haipei, Inc.
Actual demand for the first 2 weeks of this year is shown in the following table: managment for just two
WEEK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
DEMAND
104
103
107
105
102
102
101
104
100
100
103
WEEK
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
DEMAND
97
99
102
99
103
101
101
104
108
97
A quick review of past orders, shown in another document,
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