ABC, a company that sells pump housings to other manufacturers, would like to reduce its inventory cost by determining the optimal number of pump housings to obtain per order. The annual demand is 1 000 units, the ordering cost is 10 MU/order, and the average carrying cost per unit per year is 0.50 MU. Calculate EOQ .(i.e.the optimal number of units per order).

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ABC, a company that sells pump housings to other manufacturers, would like to
reduce its inventory cost by determining the optimal number of pump housings to obtain
per order. The annual demand is 1 000 units, the ordering cost is 10 MU/order, and the
average carrying cost per unit per year is 0.50 MU. Calculate EOQ .(i.e.the optimal
number of units per order).

Please mention formulas and do it in detail so I can understand.

 
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