Kren processing company uses 2,400 units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The product carrying costs are at P60 per year and ordering costs are P252.05 per order. It takes 20 days to receive a shipment after an order is placed and the firm requires a safety stock of 8 days of usage in inventory. (a) Calculate the economic order quantity. (b) Calculate the total cost per vear to order and carry this item.
Kren processing company uses 2,400 units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The product carrying costs are at P60 per year and ordering costs are P252.05 per order. It takes 20 days to receive a shipment after an order is placed and the firm requires a safety stock of 8 days of usage in inventory. (a) Calculate the economic order quantity. (b) Calculate the total cost per vear to order and carry this item.
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![Kren processing company uses 2,400 units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The
product carrying costs are at P60 per year and ordering costs are P252.05 per order.
It takes 20 days to receive a shipment after an order is placed and the firm requires a safety
stock of 8 days of usage in inventory.
(a) Calculate the economic order quantity.
(b) Calculate the total cost per year to order and carry this item.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9d02360f-360a-4814-842f-6fe465d776b7%2Fb1dad60d-b836-4603-a401-b14c31804a43%2Fuwj6co_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Kren processing company uses 2,400 units of a product per year on a continuous basis. The
product carrying costs are at P60 per year and ordering costs are P252.05 per order.
It takes 20 days to receive a shipment after an order is placed and the firm requires a safety
stock of 8 days of usage in inventory.
(a) Calculate the economic order quantity.
(b) Calculate the total cost per year to order and carry this item.
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