A grocery store orders frozen pies in batches from a bakery and sells them in the grocery store. Storing one frozen pie for a year costs $1.05. When the grocery store reorders pies, there is a fixed cost of $1.65 per order as well as $0.55 per pie. Each year, they sell 1000 frozen pies. What is the optimal number of pies to order in each order to minimize their total inventory costs.

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i. e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant. a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry. b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry. c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry. d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.