(i) The opportunity cost of capital,
(ii) Taxes and insurance,
(iii) Breakage, spoilage, pilferage and obsolescence, and
(iv) Handling and storing.
An inventory consists of usables but idle resources such as raw materials, component parts, finished assemblies and money etc. According to the need, inventories can be classified as follows:
(i) Economic lot size: Since there is a fixed cost in procurement, hence it is economical to order beyond the immediate needs and divide the fixed ordering costs among the large number of units.
(ii) Stabilizing inventories: Some inventories are accumulated due to mismatch of the timing of production and sales on the other hand, demand is not predicted accurately, so some reserve stocks are necessary. These reserves are called fluctuating or stabilizing inventories.
(iii) Anticipation inventories: These inventories are required to meet seasonal demand, high demand during promotion programme and demand during temporary shut down of the plant for repair or maintenance.
(iv) Transportation inventories: These inventories include raw materials and supply inventory which are in transit and have already been paid for finished goods whose payment is not received.
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