While considering the discount factor why we include this in the holding cost as well? Like in a question Purchase price-25 Annual demand-1800 Ordering cost-32 Annual holding cost-4.50 per unit Q-160 What is the minimum total cost assuming a discount of 2%given on orders of 300 and over? In the answer they take 0.98*4.50 while calculating holding cost.but I could not understand why the discount need to add with holding cost?
If the holding cost is given as 18% of purchase price, then if the purchase price falls (because of the discount) then so too does the holding cost. On the other hand, if the holding cost was given as a fixed $4.50, then it is not affected by the discount.
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