An importer operates a small warehouse that has the following annual costs. Wages for the purchasing agents are $45,000 per year, purchasing expenses are $30,000 per year, customs and brokerage costs are $30 per order, the cost of financing the inventory is 8%, storage costs are 7%, and the risk costs are 10%. The average inventory is $250,000 and 6,000 orders are placed in a year. What is the annual ordering costs (in dollars)? Your answer is an integer. how do you get Order & Carrying cost?

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An importer operates a small warehouse that has the following annual costs. Wages for the purchasing agents are $45,000 per year, purchasing expenses are $30,000 per year, customs and brokerage costs are $30 per order, the cost of financing the inventory is 8%, storage costs are 7%, and the risk costs are 10%. The average inventory is $250,000 and 6,000 orders are placed in a year. What is the annual ordering costs (in dollars)? Your answer is an integer.

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