Tradewinds Imports is an importer of ceramics from overseas. It has arranged to purchase a particular type of ceramic pottery from a Korean artisan. The artisan makes thepottery in 120-unit batches and will ship only that exactamount. The transportation and handling cost of a shipment is $7600 (not including the unit cost). The importerestimates its annual demand to be 1400 units. What storageand handling cost per unit does it need to achieve in orderto minimize its inventory cost?

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Tradewinds Imports is an importer of ceramics from overseas. It has arranged to purchase a particular type of ceramic pottery from a Korean artisan. The artisan makes the
pottery in 120-unit batches and will ship only that exact
amount. The transportation and handling cost of a shipment is $7600 (not including the unit cost). The importer
estimates its annual demand to be 1400 units. What storage
and handling cost per unit does it need to achieve in order
to minimize its inventory cost?

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