The demand for a commodity is 40,000 units a year, at a steady rate. It costs $20 to place an order, and $0.40 to hold a unit for a year. Find the order size to minimize inventory costs, the number of orders placed each year, the length of the inventory cycle and the total costs of holding inventory for the year. What is the EOQ? What is the number of orders placed each year? What is the inventory cycle (length of time that the the order size will last)? in terms of weeks What is the total ordering & carrying costs at the EOQ level?

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The demand for a commodity is 40,000 units a year, at a steady rate. It costs $20 to place an order, and $0.40 to hold a unit for a year. Find the order size to minimize inventory costs, the number of orders placed each year, the length of the inventory cycle and the total costs of holding inventory for the year.

What is the EOQ?

What is the number of orders placed each year?

What is the inventory cycle (length of time that the the order size will last)? in terms of weeks

What is the total ordering & carrying costs at the EOQ level?

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