Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,300 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $14. The holding cost is based on an 17% annual rate, and production setup costs are $160 per setup. The equipment on which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 20,500 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 17 days. Use the production lot size model to compute the following values:
Minimum cost production lot size. Round your answer to the
nearest whole number. Do not round intermediate values.
Q* =
Number of production runs per year. Round your answer to two
decimal places. Do not round intermediate values.
Number of production runs per year =
Cycle time. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not
round intermediate values.
T = days
Length of a production run. Round your answer to two decimal
places. Do not round intermediate values.
Production run length = days
Maximum inventory. Round your answer to the nearest whole
number. Do not round intermediate values.
Maximum inventory =
Total annual cost. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. Do
not round intermediate values.
Total annual cost = $
Reorder point. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Do
not round intermediate values.
r =
Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected...
Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 6,800 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $14. The holding cost is based on an 21% annual rate, and production setup costs are $155 per setup. The equipment on which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 22,500 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead...
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Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,400 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $14.5. The holding cost is based on an 17% annual rate, and production setup costs are $145 per setup. The equipment on which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 24,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year,...
Problem 10-13 (Algorithmic) Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,300 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $14.5. The holding cost is based on an 16% annual rate, and production setup costs are $160 per setup. The equipment on which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 23,500 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year,...
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