Answer:
a. 598 units
b. $897
c. $898
Explanation:
a. The computation of the economic order quantity is shown below:
[tex]= \sqrt{\frac{2\times \text{Annual demand}\times \text{Ordering cost}}{\text{Carrying cost}}}[/tex]
[tex]= \sqrt{\frac{2\times \text{19,900}\times \text{\$27}}{\text{\$3}}}[/tex]
= 598 units
b. The average inventory would equal to
= Economic order quantity ÷ 2
= 598 units ÷ 2
= 299 units
Carrying cost = average inventory × carrying cost per unit
= 299 units × $3
= $897
c. The number of orders would be equal to
= Annual demand ÷ economic order quantity
= $19,900 ÷ 598 units
= 33.28 orders
Ordering cost = Number of orders × ordering cost per order
= 33.28 orders × $27
= $898