Decision analysis based on carrying and ordering cost

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Decision analysis based on carrying and ordering cost.

(Identification of carrying, ordering costs) Carolina Metal Works has been evaluating its policies with respect to control of cost of metal tubing, one of the firm's major component materials. The firm's controller has gathered the following financial data, which may be pertinent to controlling costs associated with the metal tubing:

Ordering Costs

Annual salary of purchasing department manager	$41,500
Depreciation of equipment in purchasing department	$22,300
Cost per order for purchasing department supplies	$0.30
Typical phone expense per order places	$3.02
Monthly expense for heat and light in purchasing department	$400
Carrying Costs
Annual depreciation on materials storage building	$15,000
Annual inventory insurance premium (per dollar or inventory value)	$0.05
Annual property tax on materials storage building	$2,500
Obsolescence cost per dollar of average annual inventory	$0.07
Annual Salary of security officer assigned to the materials storage building	$18,000

a. Which of the ordering costs would Carolina's controller take into account in performing short-run decision analysis? Explain.

b. Which of the carrying costs would Carolina's controller take into account in performing short-run decision analysis? Explain

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