The Only Product of a Company Has an Annual Demand

question 113

Essay

The only product of a company has an annual demand of 14,000 units. The cost of placing an order is $70 and the cost of carrying one unit in inventory for one year is $20.
Required:
Determine the economic order quantity.

Recognize the relevance of yield-to-maturity and debt rating in estimating the cost of debt.

Understand the potential errors of using WACC indiscriminately for all project evaluations.

Recognize the debate between using market value versus book value for estimating WACC.

Understand the concept of the appropriate discount rate in the context of capital budgeting.

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