Accounting: Questions And Answers: Co And Chapters

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Weekly demand=32,LT=1 week,Price=$18/unit,Ordering cost=$16/unit
Demand per year=32x52=1664
*D=demand,Q=quantity,Oc=Ordering cost,P=Price.
EOQ=>Ordering cost= Carrying cost=>(D/Q) x Oc=(Q/2) x P x 23%=>1664/Qx16=(Q/2) x 18 x 23%=>114

A) When Q=EOQ=114,
Ordering cost=1664/114x16=$233.54
Carrying cost=(114/2) x18 x23%=$235.98
Therefore total cost= Ordering cost + Carrying cost=234+236=$469.52

B) When Q= 64,
Ordering cost = 1664/64x16=$416
Carrying cost = (64/2) x 18 x 23%=$132.48
Therefore Total cost= Ordering Cost+ Carrying cost = 416+132.48=$548.48

C) When taking price break,Q= 200,P*= 18-2= $16
Ordering cost= 1664/200 x 16= $133.12
Carrying Cost= (200/2) x 16 x23%=$368
Therefore
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