A restaurant serves an average of 623 desert (leche flan) servings every week. The  manager places an order of 1,000 servings every time she calls the supplier. Record  shows that ordering cost per order is PhP30, and the holding cost per serving per year is  PhP5.00.  a. What is the current annual inventory costs incurred by the restaurant. b. If EOQ is used, what will be the inventory cost incurred by the restaurant each year? c. What order quantity would you recommend for the restaurant? Why?

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A restaurant serves an average of 623 desert (leche flan) servings every week. The 
manager places an order of 1,000 servings every time she calls the supplier. Record 
shows that ordering cost per order is PhP30, and the holding cost per serving per year is 
PhP5.00. 
a. What is the current annual inventory costs incurred by the restaurant.
b. If EOQ is used, what will be the inventory cost incurred by the restaurant each year?
c. What order quantity would you recommend for the restaurant? Why? 

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