Jane distributes mugs from a supplier in Ireland. The average demand for a popular mug is 400 a day. It costs $26 to place an order each time and there is an average 12 day lead-time. The holding cost for a mug is 24% of the items cost of $18 and the company likes to maintain a 91% service level. Sigma is 540 mugs. Jane keeps her store open 210 days a year. If Jane ordered the most economical quantity possible, what will her total annual costs be

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?