The complete Gardener is deciding on the economic order quantity for two brands of lawn fertilizer: “Super–Grow” and “Natives Own”. The following information is collected:

Fertilizer

Super–Grow

Natives Own

Annual demand

2,000 bags

1,280 bags

Relevant ordering cost per purchase order

Rs. 1,200

Rs. 1,400

Annual relevant carrying cost per bag

Rs. 480

Rs. 560

Required:

  1. EOQ for Super Grow and Natives Own.
  2. For the EOQ, what is the sum of the total annual relevant ordering costs and the annual relevant carrying costs for Super Grow and Natives Own?
  3. For the EOQ compute the number of deliveries per year for Super Grow and Natives Own.