Question: AQ 1 . Inventory Management ( 1 1 marks ) A bakery sells 2 ; 0 0 0 loaves of bread every month and orders

AQ1. Inventory Management (11 marks)
A bakery sells 2;000 loaves of bread every month and orders our from a supplier. The annual carrying cost per unit flour (one unit of our can be used to make one loaf of bread) is $8.
Note: The following three questions are independent of each other.
1.[3 marks] If the bakery orders 1;200 units of flour each time, what is the length of each order cycle (in month)?
2.[4 marks] The bakery orders 1;800 units of flour each time and finds that the annual inventory holding cost is twice the annual ordering cost. What is the fixed ordering cost?
3.[4 marks] If, instead, the optimal order size of flour is 2;400 units, what is the fixed ordering cost?

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