A firm making snowblowers produces the augers for each snowblower in batches. Annual demand is for 3,000 snowblowers, which means 3,000 augers need to be produced each year. On a given workday, 10 augers are needed for snowblower production. Annual holding costs are $3 per auger. Before the augers are produced, a setup cost of $100 is incurred to setup the equipment to produce a batch of augers. The firm can produce 50 augers per day. Given this information, find the economic production quantity for the auger units. Note: When doing interim calculations, round value to 2 decimal points.

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A firm making snowblowers produces the augers for each snowblower in batches. Annual demand is for 3,000 snowblowers, which means 3,000 augers need to be produced each year. On a given workday, 10 augers are needed for snowblower production. Annual holding costs are $3 per auger. Before the augers are produced, a setup cost of $100 is incurred to setup the equipment to produce a batch of augers. The firm can produce 50 augers per day. Given this information, find the economic production quantity for the auger units.

Note: When doing interim calculations, round value to 2 decimal points. 

 

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