consider the following scenario: you have been working as an assistant manager in mimi and jasmine's (m& j) warehouse. m& j is an innovative cosmetics company that was started several years ago by two women. because fulfilling small orders is not what you envision for your career, you have begun to study business. you have recently learned that the owners of m& j are interested in selling the business. you are interested in buying the company, so based on the advice of a small business consultant at the local chamber of commerce, you decide to put together a business plan to secure a loan.

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?