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Chapter 3: 12BP_a (page 222)
Nowlin Pipe & Steel has projected sales of 72,000 pipes this year, an ordering cost of \(6 per order, and carrying costs of \)2.40 per pipe.
a. What is the economic ordering quantity?
The economic order quantity is 600 units.
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Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
b. If the firm had $1,500,000 in credit sales over the four-month period, compute the average collection period. Average daily sales should be based on a 120-day period.
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Fisk Corporation is trying to improve its inventory control system and has installed an online computer at its retail stores. Fisk anticipates sales of 49,000 units per year, an ordering cost of \(8 per order, and carrying costs of \)1.60 per unit.
a. What is the economic ordering quantity?
Using the expectations hypothesis theory for the term structure of interest rates, determine the expected return for securities with maturities of two, three, and four years based on the following data. Do an analysis similar to that in the right-hand portion of Table 6-6.
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 1 | 5% |
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 2 | 8% |
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 3 | 7% |
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 4 | 10% |
Bombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following monthly sales:
January | \(100,000 |
February | \)93,000 |
March | \(25,000 |
April | \)25,000 |
May | \(20,000 |
June | \)35,000 |
July | \(45,000 |
August | \)45,000 |
September | \(55,000 |
October | \)85,000 |
November | \(105,000 |
December | \)123,000 |
Total annual sales | \(756,000 |
Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video game. It sells for \)5 per unit and costs \(2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month鈥檚 production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month鈥檚 sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.
c. Determine a cash payments schedule for January through December. The production costs of \)2 per unit are paid for in the month in which they occur. Other cash payments, besides those for production costs, are $45,000 per month.
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