1. What inventory management model should we use to solve this problem? Model Economic Quantity to Order Model for discount purchases Model Economic Quantity to Produce Model to handle dependent demand 2. What is the optimal number of notebooks to make in each order? Response 3. What is the annual ordering cost (AOC)?

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William Beville's Computer Training School in Richmond stocks notebooks for sale and would like to reduce its inventory cost by determining the optimal number of notebooks to order in each order. The ordering cost for each order is $27. The annual demand is 19455 units. The annual cost of holding each unit is $6. Each notebook costs $12. The school has a year of 250 working days. When a new order of notebooks is made, the supplier takes 4 days to deliver it. Show your work. 1. What inventory management model should we use to solve this problem? Model Economic Quantity to Order Model for discount purchases Model Economic Quantity to Produce Model to handle dependent demand 2. What is the optimal number of notebooks to make in each order? Response 3. What is the annual ordering cost (AOC)? Response 4. What is the Annual Holding Cost (AHC)? Response 5. What is the annual product cost (APC)? Response 6. What is the annual total cost of managing inventory (ATC) Answer 7. What would be the total number of orders in the year (N)? Response 8. What would be the estimated time between each order (T)? Response 9. What is the daily demand? Response 10. What is the reorder point (ROP)? Response

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