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Economic Order Quantity
Ottis, Inc., uses 585,225 plastic housing units each year in its production of paper shredders. The cost of placing an order is $42. The cost of holding one unit of inventory for one year is $21. Currently, Ottis places 153 orders of 3,825 plastic housing units per year.
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1. Compute the economic order quantity.
fill in the blank 1 units
2. Compute the ordering, carrying, and total costs for the EOQ.
Ordering cost | $fill in the blank 2 |
Carrying cost | fill in the blank 3 |
Total cost | $fill in the blank 4 |
3. How much money does using the EOQ policy save the company over the policy of purchasing 3,825 plastic housing units per order? Round your answer to the nearest dollar
$fill in the blank 5
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