Ground Coffee shop uses 3 kgs of a specialty tea weekly; each kg. costs 16 MU. Carrying costs are 2 MU/kg/week because space is very scarce. It costs the firm 7 MU to prepare an order. Assume the basic EOQ model with no shortages applies. Assume 52 weeks/year. a) How many kgs should Ground to order at a time? b) What is total annual inventory cost? c) How many orders should ground place annually? d) How many days will there be between orders(assume 310 operating days)?

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Ground Coffee shop uses 3 kgs of a specialty tea weekly; each kg. costs 16 MU.
Carrying costs are 2 MU/kg/week because space is very scarce. It costs the firm 7 MU to
prepare an order. Assume the basic EOQ model with no shortages applies. Assume 52
weeks/year.
a) How many kgs should Ground to order at a time?
b) What is total annual inventory cost?
c) How many orders should ground place annually?
d) How many days will there be between orders(assume 310 operating days)?

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