Question: can someone please give me a correct answer for that! SY Manufacturers (SYM) is producing T-shirts in three colors: red, blue, and white. The monthly

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SY Manufacturers (SYM) is producing T-shirts in three colors: red, blue, and white. The monthly demand for each color is 4,340 units. Each shirt requires 0.45 pound of raw cotton that is imported from Luft-Geshfet-Textile (LGT) Company in Brazil. The purchasing price per pound is $5.00 (paid only when the cotton arrives at SYM's facilities) and transportation cost by sea is $0.40 per pound. The traveling time from LGT's facility in Brazil to the SYM facility in the United States is two weeks. The cost of placing a cotton order, by SYM, is $217 and the annual interest rate that SYM is facing is 30 percent a. What is the optimal order quantity of cotton? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) Optimal order quantity 4.340 pounds b. How frequently should the company order cotton? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Company orders once every 0.74 months c. Assuming that the first order is needed on 09-Apr, when should SYM place the order? 26-Mar O 09-Apr O 23-Apr d. How many orders will SYM place during the next year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Number of orders 16 20 times 1 e. What is the resulting annual holding cost? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) Annual holding cost $ 3,515 per year C f. What is the resulting annual ordering cost? Annual ordering cost $ 3,515 g. If the annual interest cost is only 5 percent, how will it affect the annual number of orders, the optimal batch size, and the average inventory? If the holding cost is lower the batch size is harger larger The number of orders would be thus the average inventory is smaller

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