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Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation.? Thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 5,750 units per year. The cost of each unit is ?$96?, and the inventory carrying cost is ?$8 per unit per year. The average ordering cost is ?$31 per order. It takes about 5 days for an order to? arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 115 units.? (This is a corporate? operation, and there are 250 working days per? year). ?
a) What is the EOQ (round your response to two decimal? places).
b) What is the average inventory if the EOQ is used (round your response to two decimal places).
c) What is the optimal number of orders per year (round your response to two decimal places).
d) What is the optimal number of days in between any two orders (round your response to two decimal places).
e) What is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory (round your response to two decimal places).
f) What is the total annual inventory? cost, including the cost of the 5,750 units ______ per year (round your response to two decimal places).