Flingers inc. reveals the following information in their annual report for fy 2017. earnings and expenses sales $10,000,000 cost of goods sold $5,000,000 pretax earnings $500,000 selected balance sheet items merchandise inventory $80,000 total assets $2,000,000 upper management plans to cut cost of goods sold by 5% for the coming year but retain the same sales. what will flingers' profit margin be for 2018?

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $