Chapter 3: 14BP_a (page 222)
In the second year, Fisk Corporation finds that it can reduce ordering costs to \(2 per order but that carrying costs stay the same at \)1.60 per unit. Also, volume remains at 49,000 units per year.
a. What is the economic ordering quantity?
The economic order quantity is 350 units.
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Postal Express has outlets throughout the world. It also keeps funds for transactions purposes in many foreign countries. Assume in 2010 it held 240,000 reals in Brazil worth 170,000 dollars. It drew 12 percent interest, but the Brazilian real declined 24 percent against the dollar.
b. What is the value of its holdings, based on U.S. dollars, at year-end if instead it drew 9 percent interest and the real went up by 13 percent against the dollar?
In the second year, Fisk Corporation finds that it can reduce ordering costs to \(2 per order but that carrying costs stay the same at \)1.60 per unit. Also, volume remains at 49,000 units per year.
d. What is the total cost of ordering and carrying inventory?
Neon Light Company of Kansas City ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. Ms. Neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by three days. Furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. The bank has a remote disbursement center in Florida.
c. If the total cost of the new system is $400,000, should it be implemented?
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