Foxtrot Inc. uses 100 kilograms of material X per year. Material X costs $35.00 per kilogram. It

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Foxtrot Inc. uses 100 kilograms of material X per year. Material X costs $35.00 per kilogram. It costs $1.50 to place an order and $3.00 per kilogram to store material X. Currently, Foxtrot is ordering material X in 15-kilogram batches. Is this the most economical order size? If not, what is the economic order quantity? How much will Foxtrot save by using the EOQ?

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Cost Management Measuring, Monitoring and Motivating Performance

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Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan K. Wolcott, Liang Hsuan Chen, Gail Cook

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