Jl.81 as a result of many process improvements and it implementations (like edi), big box-mart has been able to reduce its order costs from $27.07 to $4.87 when purchasing cases of paper towels from its main paper-products supplier. annual demand is expected to be 178,000 cases and annual holding costs are $8.94 per case. hint #1: this is a purchasing order quantity problem (eoq), not a production order quantity problem. for this question we are combining a jit concept (lower ordering costs) with what you learned from a previous chapter (inventory management). if necessary, refer back to that chapter. hint #2: remember to use cell references in all your formulas rather than using a rounded input value from a previous calculation. based on this information, what will be the new optimal order quantity (using the reduced ordering cost)? (display your answer to the nearest whole number.) 440 when using the reduced ordering cost, as compared to the original ordering cost, by how many cases will the average inventory go down? (display your answer to the nearest whole number.) 299 what will be the annual total combined savings to ordering costs and holding costs when using the reduced order cost, as compared to the original ordering cost? (display your answer to two decimal places.)

Salt corporation's contribution margin ratio is 78% and its fixed monthly expenses are $30,000. assume that the company's sales for may are expected to be $89,000. required: estimate the company's net operating income for may, assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change.

The following information relates to the pina company. date ending inventory price (end-of-year prices) index december 31, 2013 $73,700 100 december 31, 2014 100,092 114 december 31, 2015 107,856 126 december 31, 2016 123,009 131 december 31, 2017 113,288 136 use the dollar-value lifo method to compute the ending inventory for pina company for 2013 through 2017.

Ido not understand this project overview agricultural commodities are bought and sold through the stock exchange. the price of commodities changes all the time. investors buy many agricultural commodities before they are ready for shipping. when an investor buys an agricultural commodity that is going to be ready in the future, they call this purchasing futures. this might be a future crop, meat that has not yet been processed, or another type of agricultural commodity. for this project, you will have to decide how to spend $10,000. research the new york stock exchange. find one or more agricultural commodities that you are interested in. remember, it may be listed as a future crop. instructions identify the agricultural commodities that you think have the best chance of going up in price. think about what is going on with supply and demand. decide how you will spend your money. you may purchase only agricultural commodities. check the market every day for a week. record the price of your commodity or commodities each day. you may buy or sell your commodities at any time during the week. you may sell your commodities and buy different ones. feel free to experiment with the $10,000 by buying and selling commodities, but make sure to keep a careful record of your activities. at the end of the week, you will write a report on your investments. this report should be structured to include this information: page 1: explain how the stock market works. page 2: list all commodities purchased. describe each in detail. discuss why you selected these commodities. remember, they must be agricultural. page 3: create a chart or graph to illustrate the price of your commodity or commodities over the week’s time. list all of your activity buying and selling. make sure you include prices and details. page 4: write a summary of your experience. describe what you might do differently if you were using actual money. propose potential reasons why the price of each commodity may go up or down.