The Tobler Company has budgeted production for next year as follows: Quarter First Second Third Fourth Production in Units 10,000 12,000 16,000 14,000 Four kilograms of raw materials are required for each unit produced. At the start of the year, raw materials on hand total 4,000 kilograms. The raw materials inventory at the end of each quarter should equal 10% of the next quarter's production needs. What would be the budgeted purchases of raw materials in the third quarter

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Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $