Exhibit 12-1An Appliance Store Sells 500 Units of a Particular

Essay

Exhibit 12-1An appliance store sells 500 units of a particular type of dishwasher each year. The demand for this product is essentially constant throughout the year. The store orders its products from a regional supplier, and it typically takes two weeks for the dishwashers to arrive after an order has been placed. Each time an order is placed, an ordering cost of $1000 is incurred. Each dishwasher costs the hardware store $300 and retails for $550. The store's annual cost of capital is estimated to be 7% per year.
-Refer to Exhibit 12-1. Suppose there is a storage cost of $10 per unit. Make the appropriate change to your Solver model or EOQ formula, and find the optimal order quantity in that case.