Determine which shipping alternative would be most economical to
ship 69 boxes of parts when each box has a price of $298 and
holding costs are 28 percent of price, given this shipping
information: overnight, $435, two-day, $295, six-day, $185.
(Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal
places.)
Overnight
Six-day
Two-day
Holding cost for 69 boxes = 28% of 69*298 = 83.44 = 5757.36
Per day holding cost for 69 boxes = 5757.36/365 = 15.77
Total cost for Overnight shipping =435+15.77*1 = 450.77
Total cost for 2-day shipping= 295+2*15.77 = 326.54
Total cost for 6-day shipping= 185+6*15.77 = 279.62
Correct answer is Six-day as Six-day shipping incurs least cost
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