Question: Determine how many gallons (in whole numbers) should be ordered each time to minimize the annual total costs in the following scenario. The item cost

Determine how many gallons (in whole numbers) should be ordered each time to minimize the annual total costs in the following scenario. The item cost per gallon is $7.5, variable costs of storing one gallon in inventory per year amount to 25% of the item cost, paperwork and shipping costs for placing an order are $100 per order, and the demand is fixed at 500 gallons per month.

Refer to information in the above question. If it takes 6 days for the order placed to arrive, at what level of inventory should the product be reordered, assuming a 30-day month (i.e what's the reorder point)?

A: 83 gallons

B: 100 gallons

C: 500 gallons

D: 537 gallons

E: None of the above

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