EOQ, reorder point, and safety stock Alexis Company uses 879 units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The product has a fixed cost of $56 per order, and its carrying cost is $4 per unit per year. It takes 5 days to receive a shipment after an order is placed, and the firm wishes to hold 10 days' usage in inventory as a safety stock. a. Calculate the EOQ. b. Determine the average level of inventory. (Note: Use a 365 -day year to calculate daily usage.) c. Detormine the reorder point. d. Indicate which of the following variables change if the firm does not hold the safety stock: (1) order cost, (2) carrying cost, (3) total inventory cost, (4) reorder point, (5) economic order quantity