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 carrying a bill in inventory costs 10 percent of its value annually. She knows that each order for these bills costs $300 for clerical and armored car delivery costs, and that order lead time is six days. If she were to order 6,000 bills at a time, what would be the average monthly total costs, EXCLUDING the value of the bills?
A) $625
B) $1,250
C) $2,500
D) $3,125
E) $37,500

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The Answer of 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 carrying a bill in inventory costs 10 percent of its value annually. She knows that each order for these bills costs $300 for clerical and armored car delivery costs, and that order lead time is six days. If she were to order 6,000 bills at a time, what would be the average monthly total costs, EXCLUDING the value of the bills?
A) $625
B) $1,250
C) $2,500
D) $3,125
E) $37,500

The Operations Manager for Shadyside Savings & Loan Orders Cash