Freight Cost/1,000 Carrying Lead Time Administrative Demand Level Demand Price/unit Cost/unit (days) costs Local Supplier Low 50,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 1 $15,000.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 High 250,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 National Supplier Low 50,000 $1.35 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 High 250,000 $1.00 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 Freight Cost/1,000 Carrying Lead Time Administrative Demand Level Demand Price/unit Cost/unit (days) costs Local Supplier Low 50,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 1 $15,000.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 High 250,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 National Supplier Low 50,000 $1.35 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 High 250,000 $1.00 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00

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Adelie Enterprises  has decided to drop
the international supplier from consideration. Furthermore,
Adelie has decided to order boxes in lots of 10,000 to op-
timize the use of available storage space at its distribution
facility. To more completely consider the cost/volume trad-
eoffs associated with selecting the local or national supplier,
management has collected the following data. Adelie services
its customers 250 days per year.

a. On purely a total cost basis, which supplier should be
selected if there is low demand for Adelie’s new service;
which supplier should be selected under moderate
demand assumptions; and which supplier should be
selected under high demand?
b. Which supplier achieves the lowest expected cost if
the probability of low demand is 35 percent, moderate
demand is 45 percent, and high demand is 20 percent?

Freight
Cost/1,000
Carrying
Lead Time
Administrative
Demand Level
Demand
Price/unit
Cost/unit
(days)
costs
Local Supplier
Low
50,000
$1.25
$20.00
$0.10
1
$15,000.00
Moderate
100,000
$1.25
$20.00
$0.10
$15,000.00
High
250,000
$1.25
$20.00
$0.10
$15,000.00
National Supplier
Low
50,000
$1.35
$120.00
$0.10
15
$12,500.00
Moderate
100,000
$1.25
$120.00
$0.10
15
$12,500.00
High
250,000
$1.00
$120.00
$0.10
15
$12,500.00
Transcribed Image Text:Freight Cost/1,000 Carrying Lead Time Administrative Demand Level Demand Price/unit Cost/unit (days) costs Local Supplier Low 50,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 1 $15,000.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 High 250,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 National Supplier Low 50,000 $1.35 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 High 250,000 $1.00 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00
Freight
Cost/1,000
Carrying
Lead Time
Administrative
Demand Level
Demand
Price/unit
Cost/unit
(days)
costs
Local Supplier
Low
50,000
$1.25
$20.00
$0.10
1
$15,000.00
Moderate
100,000
$1.25
$20.00
$0.10
$15,000.00
High
250,000
$1.25
$20.00
$0.10
$15,000.00
National Supplier
Low
50,000
$1.35
$120.00
$0.10
15
$12,500.00
Moderate
100,000
$1.25
$120.00
$0.10
15
$12,500.00
High
250,000
$1.00
$120.00
$0.10
15
$12,500.00
Transcribed Image Text:Freight Cost/1,000 Carrying Lead Time Administrative Demand Level Demand Price/unit Cost/unit (days) costs Local Supplier Low 50,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 1 $15,000.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 High 250,000 $1.25 $20.00 $0.10 $15,000.00 National Supplier Low 50,000 $1.35 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 Moderate 100,000 $1.25 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00 High 250,000 $1.00 $120.00 $0.10 15 $12,500.00
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