The following table contains data about the inventory at Jones Corporation for the fiscal year that just ended.$\backslash$table$[[$Beginning Unit Inventory,Ending Unit Inventory,Item Unit Cost,Annual Unit Sales$],[285,000,263,000,$$$67\mathrm{.}00,732,000]]$

$($a$)$ Compute the average unit inventory for the fiscal year. Then compute inventory

turnover using dollar values of annual sales and average inventory.

$($b$)$ Suppose Jones Corporation determined that its annual inventory holding cost $=23\%$ of

inventory value. Compute the average inventory holding cost.

$($c$)$ Suppose Jones Corporation believes that in the upcoming year, the rate of sales

expected is $14,200$ units per week. Compute the weeks of supply. Which unit inventory

should you use for weeks of supply? Why?