ISCOM 305 Week 3 Taylor Incorporated Inventory Management

Individual Taylor Incorporated Inventory Management Challenge

Resource: Taylor Incorporated Inventory Management Challenge located on the student website under Week Three

Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes about inventory to present to the president of Taylor Inc.

Complete the elements of inventory management and the EOQ components of the presentation.

Address the following requirements:

Describe elements of inventory management.

Describe the meaning of the category of inventory and explain why it is critical to manage each element.

Explain why accurate forecasting is so important to sales enhancement, customer satisfaction, and cost control.

Identify the number of units to purchase for the new distance measurement device based on the economic order quantity.

Identify the number of orders per year that must be made to take advantage of the economic order quantity.