Malburn Construction Ltd. Manufactures and distributes window frames. The company uses 600,000 metal strips in producing the frames for the year. Each strip cost $15, the storage cost is 10% of the cost price and $180 is required to make an order. (i). Find the order size Malburn Construction needs to minimize its inventory costs.  Calculate for the company: (ii). the number of orders placed per year. (iii).the length of the stock cycle in days. (iv). the annual ordering cost  (v). the annual holding cost  (vi). the total annual cost

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Malburn Construction Ltd. Manufactures and distributes window frames. The company uses 600,000
metal strips in producing the frames for the year. Each strip cost $15, the storage cost is 10% of the cost
price and $180 is required to make an order.
(i). Find the order size Malburn Construction needs to minimize its inventory costs. 

Calculate for the company:
(ii). the number of orders placed per year.

(iii).the length of the stock cycle in days.

(iv). the annual ordering cost 

(v). the annual holding cost 

(vi). the total annual cost 

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