Stuart's Custom Golf manufactures steel castings for use in premium lob wedges. The annual demand for these steel castings is 1,500 units. Stuart's Custom Golf can produce 12 steel castings per hour and the company works an 8 hour day for 250 days each year.The cost to set up for production of the steel castings is $1000. Each steel casting costs $8.85. The company uses a rate of 30% of the item cost to determine the annual holding cost. Calculate the economic production quantity.

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Stuart's Custom Golf manufactures steel castings for use in premium lob wedges. The annual demand for these steel castings is 1,500 units. Stuart's Custom Golf can produce 12 steel castings per hour and the company works an 8 hour day for 250 days each year.

The cost to set up for production of the steel castings is $1000. Each steel casting costs $8.85. The company uses a rate of 30% of the item cost to determine the annual holding cost. Calculate the economic production quantity.

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