Morning Glory buys cereal directly from the manufacturer for $20 per case. The company’s annual demand for cereal is 200,000 cases and the company believes that the demand is constant for each of the 250 days per year that it is open for business. Average lead time from the supplier for new orders is a constant 8 days. The purchasing agent at Morning Glory estimates the annual inventory carrying cost is 10% and it costs approximately $40 to prepare, send, and receive an order.  A. if economic order quantity is 2828 B. average inventory be based 2828 is 1414  What is the reorder point based on the answer to (a)?  Morning Glory discovered if it orders 10,000+ cases each time, it can obtain a $2 price break per case from the supplier. What order quantity should Morning Glory place based on this information?

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Morning Glory buys cereal directly from the manufacturer for $20 per case. The company’s annual demand for cereal is 200,000 cases and the company believes that the demand is constant for each of the 250 days per year that it is open for business. Average lead time from the supplier for new orders is a constant 8 days. The purchasing agent at Morning Glory estimates the annual inventory carrying cost is 10% and it costs approximately $40 to prepare, send, and receive an order. 

A. if economic order quantity is 2828

B. average inventory be based 2828 is 1414

 What is the reorder point based on the answer to (a)? 

Morning Glory discovered if it orders 10,000+ cases each time, it can obtain a $2 price break per case from the supplier. What order quantity should Morning Glory place based on this information?

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