Inventory ModelsHow much to order and when, and the trade-off underneath.Business & ManagementEconomic order quantity balances the cost ofordering against the cost of holding.EOQ = √(2DS ÷ H)D = annual demandUnits per yearS = cost per orderFixed cost of placing oneH = holding cost per unit per yearStorage, capital, obsolescenceTHE COMMON MISTAKEOrdering in large batches for a volume discountComparing the discount against the extra holding costHolding cost is typically 20–30% of unit value per year, which frequentlyexceeds the discount.Reorder point = demand during lead time + safety stock. Safety stocksizes the service level you want.Inventory Modelslearnposters.com
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The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.

Reorder point = demand during lead time + safety stock. Safety stock sizes the service level you want.

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What’s on the Inventory Models poster?
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Economic order quantity balances the cost of ordering against the cost of holding.; EOQ = √(2DS ÷ H); D = annual demand = Units per year; S = cost per order = Fixed cost of placing one; H = holding cost per unit per year = Storage, capital, obsolescence; Common mistake: Ordering in large batches for a volume discount → Comparing the disco…. Reorder point = demand during lead time + safety stock. Safety stock sizes the service level you want.
Who is the Inventory Models poster for?
Inventory Models belongs to the Business & Management section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning operations can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Inventory Models poster?
Ordering cost against holding cost. The optimum is where the two curves cross. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Inventory Models belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Inventory Models?
Agile & Waterfall, Capacity and Critical Path sit alongside Inventory Models in the Business & Management section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Agile & WaterfallCapacityCritical Path
Is the Inventory Models poster free to download and print?
Yes. Inventory Models downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Business & Management section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Inventory Models poster print at?
Inventory Models is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Inventory Models loses nothing.Printing guide

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