When you need to buy more capacity, how much do you typically need to buy?

a$)$ Current forecast $*$ Market Growth Rate$)-($Projected Capacity $*1\mathrm{.}8)]/1\mathrm{.}8$

b$)[($Current forecast $*$ Market Growth Rate$)-($Current Capacity $*1\mathrm{.}8)]/1\mathrm{.}8$

c$)$ Current Demand $*$ Market Growth Rate$)-($Current Capacity $*1\mathrm{.}8)]/1\mathrm{.}8$

d$)$ Buy capacity in $100$ unit increments to ensure utilization does not exceed

$180\%$

e$)[($Current Demand $*$ Market Growth Rate$)-($Current Capacity $*1\mathrm{.}6)]/1\mathrm{.}6$

As a part of its procurement strategy, a company is evaluating whether it should switch to a new supplier. A part of the evaluation will focus on the price schedules that the two suppliers are offering. The annual demand for the

product is $250,000$ units. The cost of placing an order, independent of the supplier or the order quantity, is $$330,$ and the carrying charge is estimated to be $21\%$ of the item's price. Which supplier and what order quantity should

the company use if its objective is to minimize its total related inventory costs?

Click the icon to view the quantity discount schedule of supplier $A.$

Click the icon to view the quantity discount schedule of supplier B$.$

The company should order

units from Supplier

$.($Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.$)$