Q. South-eastern Bell stocks a certain switch box at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. The yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. South-eastern estimates its annual holding costs for this item to be $25 per unit. The cost to place also process an order from the supplier is $75. The organization operates 300 days per year also the lead-time to receive an order from the supplier is 8 working days.
(a) Find out the economic order quantity.
(b) Find out the annual holding costs.
(c) Find out the annual ordering costs.
(d) Illustrate what is the reorder point?