A produce distributor uses 776 packing crates a month, which it purchases at a cost of $9 each. The manager has assigned an annual carrying cost of 36 percent of the purchase price per crate. Ordering costs are $31. Currently the manager orders once a month. How much could the firm save annually in ordering and carrying costs by using the EOQ? (Round intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Savings $ per year

$261.42

Explanation:

economic order quantity (EOQ) = √(2SD/H)

S = cost per order = $31

D = annual demand = 776 x 12 = 9,312

H = holding cost = $9 x 36% = $3.24

EOQ = √[(2 x $31 x 9,312) / $3.24] = √178,192.59 = 422.13 ≈ 422

total ordering and holding costs considering EOQ:

ordering costs = (9,312 / 422) x $31 = $684.06

holding costs = $3.24 x (422/2) = $683.64

total = $1,367.70

current costs:

ordering costs = $31 x 12 = $372

holding costs = $3.24 x (776/2) = $1,257.12

total = $1,629.12

annual savings = $1,629.12 - $1,367.70 = $261.42

ans.

heterothermic organisms include those organisms that can switch between homeothermic (having body temperature higher than environment) and poikilothermic (having variation in internal body temperature) strategies.

some migratory birds show heterothermy as they decrease their metabolic rate during cold nights to keep their body temperature low. drop in metabolic rate allows increase in production efficiency of birds that reduces the internal body temperature to make it equal to external cold temperature during cold nights.

thus, the correct answer is 'birds allow their temperature drop in order to increase their production efficiency.'

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