A firm that makes electronic circuits has been ordering a certain raw material 250 ounces at a time. The firm estimates that carrying cost is I = 30% per year, and that ordering cost is about $20 per order

The current price of the ingredient is $200 per ounce. The assumptions of the basic EOQ model are thought to apply. For what value of annual demand is their action optimal?


This problem reverses the unknown of a standard EOQ problem.

250 = ; solving for D results in D = = 93,750

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