The Operations Manager for Shadyside Savings & Loan Orders Cash

Multiple Choice

The Operations Manager for Shadyside Savings & Loan orders cash from her home office for her very popular "BIG BUCKS" automated teller machine,which only dispenses $100 bills.She estimates that this machine dispenses an average of 12,500 bills per month,and that holding a bill in inventory costs 10 percent of its value annually.She knows that each order for these bills costs $300 for clerical and armoured car delivery costs,and that order lead time is six days. What is the economic order quantity?

A) 866 bills
B) 3,000 bills
C) 6,000 bills
D) 10,392 bills
E) 12,500 bills