Question

R. C. Barker makes purchasing decisions for his company. One product that he buys costs $50 per unit when the order quantity is less than 500. When the quantity ordered is 500 or more, the price per unit drops to $48. The ordering cost is $30 per order and the annual demand is 7,500 units. The holding cost is 10 percent of the purchase cost. If R. C. orders 500 units each time he places an order, what would the total annual holding cost be

Answer 1

$1,200

Step-by-step explanation:

total annual holding cost = average number of units in inventory x annual holding cost per unit

• average number of units in inventory = 500 units / 2 = 250 units
• annual holding cost per unit = $48 x 10% = $4.8

total annual holding cost = $4.80 x 250 units = $1,200

Total annual holding cost per unit includes all the costs associated to keeping a certain inventory level, e.g. warehouse costs like rent and utilities, salaries of hte employees that work in the warehouse, insurance, etc.