Economic Production Quantity - Inventory Cost Graph

Inventory Cost Graph

This figure graphs the Holding Cost and Ordering Cost per year equations. The third line is the addition of these two equations, which generates the Total Inventory Cost per year. This graph should give you a better understanding of the derivation of the optimal ordering quantity equation, i.e., the EPQ equation.

  • EPQ Graph

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