Question: A Calgary based manager must make a decision on delivery alternatives for transporting bananas from its supplier in Vancouver BC to their Toronto, ON warehouse.

A Calgary based manager must make a decision on delivery alternatives for transporting bananas from its supplier in Vancouver BC to their Toronto, ON warehouse. There are two A and B carriers that can physically move the material in question. Five hundred boxes are to be delivered and the freight cost for the whole lot for each option is given below. Annual holding cost is 20 percent of unit cost, and each box has a cost of $78. Assume 365 days per year.
Provide all of your answers to two decimal places.
What is the annual holding cost for the total quantity?
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Question 3(1 point)
What is the total cost (freight and in-transit holding) for Carrier A,2-day option?
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Question 4(1 point)
What is the total cost (freight and in-transit holding) for Carrier A,14-day option?
What is the total cost (freight and in-transit holding) for Carrier B,2-day option?
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Question 6(1 point)
What is the total cost (freight and in-transit holding) for Carrier B,12-day option?

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