A publisher is printing calendars for the upcoming year. The publisher estimates that demand for the calendars has a mean of 70,000 and a standard deviation of 25,000. The cost per calendar is $3, and the calendars are sold for $10 each. All unsold calendars are recycled at the end of January. a. How many calendars should the publisher have printed? What is the expected profit with the order quantity that you have chosen? What is the product fill rate (i. e., #calendars sold/#calendars demanded by customers) with this quantity? b. The printer has offered to discount the printing cost to $2.75 per calendar if the publisher orders at least 100,000. How many calendars should the publisher have printed?

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 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the 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 inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

Bayside coatings company purchased waterproofing equipment on january 2, 20y4, for $190,000. the equipment was expected to have a useful life of four years and a residual value of $9,000. instructions: determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended december 31, 20y4, 20y5, 20y6, and 20y7, by (a) the straight-line method and (b) the double-declining-balance method. also determine the total depreciation expense for the four years by each method. depreciation expense year straight-line method double-declining-balance method 20y4 $ $ 20y5 20y6 20y7 total $

Abond purchased for $950 was sold for $980 after one year. the interest received during the year is $25. the bond's yield is: