A company makes bicycles. It produces 450 bicycles a month. It buys the tires for bicycles from a supplier at a cost of $20 per tire. The company’s inventory carrying cost is estimated to be 15% of cost and the ordering is $50 per order. The exchange rate for US$ is TZS.2,350 per US$.
Question
REQUIRED:
Compute the following:
(i) The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ).
(ii) The average annual ordering cost in TZS.
(iii) The average inventory. (2 marks)