Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas’s fastest moving inventory item has a demand of 6000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100.00, and the inventory carrying cost is $10.00 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30.00 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and demand for 1 week is 120 units (this is a corporate operation, there are 250 working days per year).

a. what is the eoq?
b. what is the average inventory if the eoq is used?
c. what is the optimal number of orders per year?
d. what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders?
e. what is the annual cost of ordering and holding and holding inventory?
f. what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

A. economic resources to be used or turned into cash within one year. b. reports assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity. c. decrease assets; increase liabilities and stockholders' equity. d. increase assets; decrease liabilities and stockholders' equity. e. an exchange or event that has a direct and measurable financial effect. f. accounts for a business separate from its owners. g. the principle that assets should be recorded at their original cost to the company. h. a standardized format used to accumulate data about each item reported on financial statements. i. the basic accounting equation. j. the two equalities in accounting that aid in providing accuracy. k. the account credited when money is borrowed from a bank using a promissory note. l. cumulative earnings of a company that have not yet been distributed to the owners. m. every transaction has at least two effects. n. amounts presently owed by the business. transaction, separate entity assumption, balance sheet, liabilities, assets, current assets, notes payable, duality of effects, retained earnings, debit.