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Chapter 20, Problem 6E
Ottis, Inc., uses 640,000 plastic housing units each year in its production of paper shredders. The cost of placing an order is $30. The cost of holding one unit of inventory for one year is $15.00. Currently, Ottis places 160 orders of 4,000 plastic housing units per year.
Required:
- 1. Compute the annual ordering cost.
- 2. Compute the annual carrying cost.
- 3. Compute the cost of Ottis’s current inventory policy. Is this the minimum cost? Why or why not?
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