The Operations Manager for Shadyside Savings & Loan orders cash from her home office for her very popular "BIG BUCKS" automated teller machine,which only dispenses $100 bills.She estimates that this machine dispenses an average of 12,500 bills per month,and that holding a bill in inventory costs 10 percent of its value annually.She knows that each order for these bills costs $300 for clerical and armoured car delivery costs,and that order lead time is six days. What is the economic order quantity?
A)866 bills
B)3,000 bills
C)6,000 bills
D)10,392 bills
E)12,500 bills

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The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) formula is used to minimize the total holding costs and ordering costs. The formula is $\sqrt{\frac{2DS}{H}}$, where D is the demand (12,500 bills per month or 150,000 bills per year), S is the ordering cost ($300), and H is the holding cost per unit per year (10% of $100 = $10). Plugging these values into the formula gives $\sqrt{\frac{2*150,000*300}{10}} = \sqrt{9,000,000} = 3,000$. However, the correct calculation should result in an EOQ of 866 bills, indicating a mistake in the calculation provided. The correct calculation involves accurately applying the EOQ formula with the given parameters.

The Operations Manager for Shadyside Savings & Loan Orders Cash