Question: Demand for a book at Amazon.com is 130 units per week. The product is supplied to Amazon from a factory. The factory charges Amazon $8
Demand for a book at Amazon.com is 130 units per week. The product is supplied to Amazon from a factory. The factory charges Amazon $8 per book, while the total cost of shipping an order from the factory to the Amazon, when the shipment size is Q, is given by
Shipment cost = $47 + 2Q
Assume the annual inventory carrying cost is 10 percent.
a-1. What is Amazon's total cost per shipment?
| Cost per shipment | + Q |
a-2. What is the annual holding cost per book? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
| Annual holding cost | $ per book |
b. What is the optimal shipment size? (Assuming 52 weeks per year. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
| Optimal shipment size | books |
c. What is the average throughput time? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
| Average throughput time | months |
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