Operations Management
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 16P
A company will begin stocking remote control devices. Expected monthly demand is 800 units. The controllers can be purchased firm either supplier A or supplier B. Their price lists are as follows:
Ordering cost is $40 and annual holding cost is 25 percent of unit price per unit. Which supplier should be used and what order quantity is optimal if the intent is to minimize total annual costs?
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Chapter 13 Solutions
Operations Management
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