The ABC Company is both a producer and a user of brass couplings. The firm operates 220 days a year and uses the couplings at a steady rate of 60 per day. Coupling can be produced at a rate of 200 per day. Annual storage cost is $2 per coupling, and machine setup cost is $120 per run. Determine the: (a) optimal production run size = ________________________________________________________ (b) length of production run = ___________________________________________________________ (c) maximum inventory level = _________________________________________________

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) The ABC Company is both a producer and a user of brass couplings. The firm operates 220 days a year
and uses the couplings at a steady rate of 60 per day. Coupling can be produced at a rate of 200 per day.
Annual storage cost is $2 per coupling, and machine setup cost is $120 per run. Determine the:
(a) optimal production run size = ________________________________________________________
(b) length of production run = ___________________________________________________________
(c) maximum inventory level = _________________________________________________

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