Calculate Economic Order Quantity (Camp) (whina2201m000)

Use this session to calculate the economic order quantity for a range of items by means of Camp's formula:

 Q = Sqrt ((2 * D * F)/I)
Qeconomic order quantity
Dexpected annual issue
Forder costs
Iinventory carrying costs per inventory unit
Updates

The Economic Order Quantity field in the Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000) session is updated for all items within the selected range:

  • For which the Inventory/Order Data check box in the Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000) session is selected.
  • If the Item Data check box in the current session is selected.

The Economic Order Quantity field in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session is updated for the items specified in the range if:

  • The Update Inventory/Order Data field in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session is selected.
  • The item warehouse status is Active (see the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session).
  • The Item Data by Warehouse check box in the current session is selected.
Note

To preview the calculation results in a report before the economic order quantities are actually updated, select Simulate.

Related topics

 

Simulate/Update
To preview the calculation results in a report before the economic order quantities are actually updated, select Simulate.

Default value

Update

Item Data
If this check box is selected, and the Inventory/Order Data field in the Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000) session is selected, the item data is updated in the Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000) session.

If this check box is cleared, the newly calculated value is not entered in the relevant field in the Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000) session.

Item Data by Warehouse
If this check box is selected, the Update Inventory/Order Data field in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session is selected, and the item warehouse status is Active, the value is written to the relevant field in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session.
Economic Order Quantity
If this check box is selected, the economic order quantity is printed.
Only Changed EOQ
If this check box is selected, only the changed economic order quantity is printed.

You can only select or clear this check box if the Economic Order Quantity check box is selected.

 

Calculate EOQ
Calculates the economic order quantity.

The economic order quantity becomes one if:

  • No inventory unit is specified for the item. You can specify the inventory unit for each item in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session.
  • The warehouse's inventory carrying costs are zero. You can specify the warehouse's inventory carrying costs in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session.
  • The calculated economic order quantity is less than one.