An accountant of a firm has collated the following inventory data pertaining to a fragile...

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An accountant of a firm has collated the following inventory data pertaining to a fragile item that costs $50 managed at her firm's warehouse.

 

Type of cost

Values

Opportunity cost of investment in inventory

8.5%

Fixed cost of order generation per order

$35

Cost of inspecting items received

$5

Cost due to breakage or spoilage

6.5%

Warehouse rental

3%

Insurance costs

1%


If the annual demand for the item is 2400, compute the;

(a) EOQ

(b) Annual ordering cost

(c) Annual holding cost

(d) TRC

(e) Cycle time between each orders

(f) Number of orders in a year

for this item. ( Note: Assume 365 workdays per year)

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