LEARNING OBJECTIVES STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND EVALUATE REASONS OF HOLDING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INVENTORIES(STOCK) STARTER • Difference between stock and inventory • Have you ever gone into a shop and found that they have ran out stock, of what you wanted? • What might have been the reason for running out of stock? MINIMUM STOCK LEVEL • Minimum stock is also called buffer stock where the inventory held to deal with uncertainty in customer’s demand and deliveries of suppliers. LEAD TIME • The time between placing and order till it get delivered. RE-ORDERING QUANTITY • What will be the reorder quantity? WWW PRODUCTIVITY • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRxICdUYaCs CAPITAL AND LABOUR INTENSIVE • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XYrLNAxSM