Your company, "when life gives you lemons inc.", is thinking about expanding the number of stands that it currently has from 15 to 20. it will cost $200,000 today to complete the expansion. the expansion will permanently increase profits by $15,000 every year starting in one year's time. if the interest rate is 8% what is the pdv of the expansion project. should the company do it?

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.