An Item Has an Annual Demand of 25,000 Units, a Unit

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Essay

An item has an annual demand of 25,000 units, a unit cost of $10, an order preparation cost of $10, and a carrying cost of 20%. It is ordered on the basis of an economic order quantity, but the supplier has offered a 2% discount on orders of $10,000 or more. Should the supplier's offer be accepted?

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Definitions:

Accounting Profits

The net earnings of a company as calculated by subtracting total expenses from total revenues, according to standard accounting practices.

Perfect Competitor

A theoretical market structure where many firms sell homogeneous products, entry and exit from the market are free, and all participants have perfect information.

Perfectly Elastic

Perfectly elastic describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied changes by an infinite amount in response to any change in price, represented graphically as a horizontal line.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded.