On April 15 of the current year, a fire destroyed half of the uninsured ending inventory of a retail store. The following data are available: Sales, January 1 through April 15 $480,000 Inventory, January 1 80,000 Purchases, January 1 through April 15 400,000 Markup on cost 25% The amount of the ending inventory before the fire is

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $