12 Item X is a standard item stocked in a company's inventory of component parts. Each year...
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12 Item X is a standard item stocked in a company's inventory of component parts. Each year the firm, on a random basis, uses about 2,000 of item X, which costs $25 each. Storage costs, which include insurance and cost of capital, amount to $5 per unit of average inventory. Every time an order is placed for more item X, it costs $10.
a. Whenever item X is ordered, what should the order size be?
b. What is the annual cost for ordering item X?
c. What is the annual cost for storing item X?
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Operations Management For Competitive Advantage
ISBN: 1572
11th Edition
Authors: Richard B. Chase, F. Robert Jacobs
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