Suds’s Bottling Company does bottling, labeling, and distribution work for several local microbreweries. The demand rate for Wortman’s beer is 600 cases (24 bottles each) per week. Suds’s bottling production rate is 2,400 cases per week, and the setup cost is $800. The value of inventory is $12.50per case, and the annual holding cost is 30 percent of the inventory value. Suds’s facilities operate 52 weeks each year. What is the economic production lot size?

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Suds’s Bottling Company does bottling, labeling, and distribution work for several local microbreweries. The demand rate for Wortman’s beer is 600 cases (24 bottles each) per week. Suds’s bottling production rate is 2,400 cases per week, and the setup cost is $800. The value of inventory is $12.50
per case, and the annual holding cost is 30 percent of the inventory value. Suds’s facilities operate 52 weeks each year. What is the economic production lot size?

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