Kayco Stamping in Fort Worth, Texas, ships sheet metal components to a switch box assembly plant in Waterford, Virginia. Each component weighs approximately 25 pounds, and 50 components fit on a standard pallet. A complete pallet ships as freight class classification 92.5. Use Table 15.2 to calculate the shipment cost for the following demand quantities and calculate the shipping cost per component.

Data from Table 15.2:

a. 3 pallets
b. 13 pallets

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TABLE 15.2 EXAMPLE MATRIX OF WEIGHT BREAKS AND FREIGHT CLASS ($/CWT) 500 (lb) 1,000 (lb) 2,000 (lb) 5,000 (lb) 10,000 (lb) 28.32 24.25 23.04 17.58 15.74 30.50 26.12 24.82 18.93 17.41 32.69 27.99 26.60 20.29 19.08 34.64 29.66 28.18 21.49 36.86 31.56 29.99 22.88 39.72 34.01 32.32 24.65 42.86 36.70 34.87 26.60 39.52 37.56 28.64 42.61 40.50 30.89 Class <500 (lb) 50 34.30 55 36.94 60 39.59 65 41.94 70 44.64 77.5 48.10 85 51.90 92.5 55.89 60.27 1 100 46.15 49.77 20.27 21.94 23.85 26.24 28.38 30.77 ≥ 20,000 (lb) 10.47 11.58 12.69 13.48 14.59 15.86 17.45 18.87 20.46