For one of the quick selling portable smoothie machines (model G), the Long   Last Appliance Store needs 1,300 pieces a month and each time a shipment is shipped, it has a set order placement, transportation and delivery costs for   $3,000. Each computer costs the corporation $550 and its holding costs are 12 percent. The business has two other smoothie machine versions that are both common with customers. Assess the company's material control strategy whether lots are purchased and separately shipped for each model by deciding the following:   The best order size   The cycle inventory   The volume of orders annually   The monthly buying and maintenance costs   The average inventory expense   Short state reasoning for the strategy (a-e)

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For one of the quick selling portable smoothie machines (model G), the Long

 

Last Appliance Store needs 1,300 pieces a month and each time a shipment is shipped, it has a set order placement, transportation and delivery costs for

 

$3,000. Each computer costs the corporation $550 and its holding costs are 12 percent. The business has two other smoothie machine versions that are both common with customers. Assess the company's material control strategy whether lots are purchased and separately shipped for each model by deciding the following:

 

The best order size

 

The cycle inventory

 

The volume of orders annually

 

The monthly buying and maintenance costs

 

The average inventory expense

 

Short state reasoning for the strategy (a-e)

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