The factory needs 1,000,000 light bulbs per day ( assume 7 day a week operations ), you have to average no more than $250k in fresh light bulbs in inventory on site. Your supplier is in China. Your firm "PTP" uses factory gate pricing. It is a 2 day trip from the factory to the port Shensen. The shipper only ships in groups of 5 containers of production per ship, 3 weeks on route to Seattle and 7 days by rail to your Muncie, IN factory. At a value of 50 cents a piece and holding costs of 8% per year.
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