Question: f. What is the inventory position immediately after an order has been placed? At Dot Comm, a large retailer of popular books, demand is constant

f. What is the inventory position immediately
f. What is the inventory position immediately after an
order has been placed?
At Dot Comm, a large retailer of popular books, demand is constant at 18,700 books per year. The cost of placing an ordor to replenish stock is $5, and the annual cost of holding is $2.00 per book. Stock is received 12 working days after an order has been placed. No backordeting is allowed. Assume 250 working days a year. a. Dot Com's optimal order cuantity is books. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) b. The optimal number of orders per year is 61 orders. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) c. The optimal interval (in working days) between orders is 4 days. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) d. The demand during lead time is books. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number) e. The reorder point is books. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number)

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