Cynthia Baker, manager of a large medical supply house that operates 50 weeks per year and six days per week, has decided to implement a fixed period inventory system for all class A items. One such item has the following characteristics:

If Cynthia wishes to minimize total cost (thereby approximating the EOQ), what should the review period (i.e., the number of workdays between orders) be?

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Demand = 10,000 units/year Order cost = $50/order Holding cost = $4/unit/year