Asked by Norma Ocampo on May 20, 2024

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Specialty Manufacturing requires 5400 gadgets per year for production. The firm decides to order 120 gadgets at a time. The costs of ordering are $50 per order and carrying costs per gadget are $2. Annual ordering costs are:

A) $1296.
B) $2250.
C) $2940.
D) $2000.

Ordering Costs

Expenses incurred in placing and receiving orders from suppliers, including costs related to the processing and handling of orders.

Carrying Costs

The total cost of holding inventory, including storage, insurance, taxes, and opportunity costs, among others.

Annual Ordering

Refers to the total cost and process associated with placing orders for goods or materials over the course of a year.

  • Ascertain and outline different categories of expenditures pertinent to inventory management.
  • Analyze and clarify the role of Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) in the optimization of inventory management.
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Bronwyn von NiessenMay 24, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
Annual ordering costs are calculated by dividing the annual demand by the order quantity and then multiplying by the cost per order. Here, it's (5400 gadgets/year) / (120 gadgets/order) * ($50/order) = 45 orders/year * $50/order = $2250/year.