You are responsible for managing the diaper inventory at an Amazon warehouse. Demand for diaper boxes from this warehouse is predictable and is about 10,000 boxes per month. The fixed cost of placing a diaper box order from a supplier is $400 per order (mostly due to fixed transportation costs). Furthermore, you estimate that the holding cost of a box of diapers is about $0.5 per month. The wholesale cost of each box of diapers from the supplier is $15 per box. 1. What is the cost-minimizing number of boxes that you should order from your supplier? How often should you place this order?
2. Due to the consolidation of replenishment orders of different products, your manager informs you that you are constrained to re-ordering diaper boxes only once a month (i. e., you must place a replenishment order once every month). What should be your ordering quantity in this case? By how much does your average monthly costs increase compared to the ordering quantity in Question 1?

For each of the following cases determine the ending balance in the inventory account. (hint: first, determine the total cost of inventory available for sale. next, subtract the cost of the inventory sold to arrive at the ending balance.)a. jill’s dress shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $40,000. during the accounting period jill’s purchased $75,000 of inventory, returned $5,000 of inventory, and obtained $750 of purchases discounts. jill’s incurred $1,000 of transportation-in cost and $600 of transportation-out cost. salaries of sales personnel amounted to $31,000. administrative expenses amounted to $35,600. cost of goods sold amounted to $82,300.b. ken’s bait shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $8,000. during the accounting period ken’s purchased $36,900 of inventory, obtained $1,200 of purchases allowances, and received $360 of purchases discounts. sales discounts amounted to $640. ken’s incurred $900 of transportation-in cost and $260 of transportation-out cost. selling and administrative cost amounted to $12,300. cost of goods sold amounted to $33,900.a& b. cost of goods avaliable for sale? ending inventory?