Golden Crust Bakery buys flour in 25-pound bags. The bakery uses an average of 1,215 bags a year. Preparing an order and receiving a shipment of flour involves a cost of $10 per order. Annual holding costs are $75 per bag. Once an order for flour is placed, it takes six (6) days to receive the order from the flour factory. The bakery operates 350 days per year. Calculate the following: (i) Economic Order Quantity (ii) Expected number of orders (Order Frequency) (iii) Average inventory (iv) The annual holding cost (v) The annual ordering cost (vi) The total annual cost of inventory management (vii) Reorder point (viii) If holding costs were to increase by $9 per year, how much would that affect the minimum total annual cost?

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Golden Crust Bakery buys flour in 25-pound bags. The bakery uses an average of 1,215 bags a
year. Preparing an order and receiving a shipment of flour involves a cost of $10 per order.
Annual holding costs are $75 per bag. Once an order for flour is placed, it takes six (6) days to
receive the order from the flour factory. The bakery operates 350 days per year.
Calculate the following:
(i) Economic Order Quantity
(ii) Expected number of orders (Order Frequency)
(iii) Average inventory
(iv) The annual holding cost
(v) The annual ordering cost
(vi) The total annual cost of inventory management
(vii) Reorder point
(viii) If holding costs were to increase by $9 per year, how much would that
affect the minimum total annual cost?

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