Definition of Economic order quantity

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Economic order quantity (E.O.Q.)
The order quantity that minimizes total inventory costs.

Search Dictionary:
Search Web Search Dictionary



Economic order quantity definition was found in categories: Business & Finance(1)  Government(1)  Encyclopedia(1)  

Economic order quantity Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Economic Order Quantity
the optimum quantity of each product that must be ordered to balance the inventory holding costs against the order processing costs; holding costs increase with more inventory, while order processing costs decrease.


Economic order quantity Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
economic order quantity
That quantity derived from a mathematical technique used to determine the optimum (lowest) total variable costs required to order and hold inventory.
  


Economic order quantity Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Economic order quantity
Economic order quantity (also known as the Wilson EOQ Model or simply the EOQ Model) is a model that defines the optimal quantity to order that minimizes total variable costs required to order and hold inventory.

The model was originally developed by F. W. Harris in 1913, though R. H. Wilson is credited for his early in-depth analysis of the model.


See more at Wikipedia.org...