A building materials stockist obtains its cement from a single supplier. Demand for cement is reasonably constant throughout the year. Last year the company sold 2 000 tonnes of cement. It estimates the costs of placing an order at around 25 MU each time an order is placed and charges inventory holding at 20% of purchase cost. The company purchases cement at 60 MU per tonne. a) How much cement should the company order at a time? b) Instead of ordering EOQ, why not a order convenient 100 tonnes?

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A building materials stockist obtains its cement from a single supplier. Demand
for cement is reasonably constant throughout the year. Last year the company sold 2 000
tonnes of cement. It estimates the costs of placing an order at around 25 MU each time
an order is placed and charges inventory holding at 20% of purchase cost. The company
purchases cement at 60 MU per tonne.
a) How much cement should the company order at a time?
b) Instead of ordering EOQ, why not a order convenient 100 tonnes?

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