OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT W/ MYLAB <C>
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ISBN: 9781323900154
Author: HEIZER
Publisher: PEARSON C
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Chapter 12, Problem 7P
William Beville’s computer training school, in Richmond, stocks workbooks with the following characteristics:
- a. Calculate the EOQ for the workbooks.
- b. What are the annual holding costs for the workbooks?
- c. What are the annual ordering costs?
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