A local retailer anticipates an annual demand 12000 units of a product. The retailers] allows shortages for that product, and these shortages are backordered at a rate of 1.5 OMR per unit backordered. The cost of ordering is 200 OMR, whereas, the annual holding cost is 1OMR per unit. The retailer operates 300 days per year. What is the optimal backorder (shortage) level in units? Round-up to the nearest integer

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A local retailer anticipates an annual demand 12000 units of a product. The retailers] allows shortages for that product, and these shortages are backordered at a rate of 1.5 OMR per unit backordered. The cost of ordering is 200 OMR, whereas, the annual holding cost is 1OMR per unit. The retailer operates 300 days per year. What is the optimal backorder (shortage) level in units? Round-up to the nearest integer
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