An organization has had a policy of ordering 70 units at a time. Their annual demand is 340 units, and the item has an annual carrying cost of $2. The assumptions of the EOQ are thought to apply

For what value of ordering cost would this order size be optimal?


Start with the economic order quantity model, and solve for S.
70 = becomes S = = $14.41

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