Two inventory policies have been suggested by the purchasing department of a company:
Policy 1 : Order 150 units. The reorder point is 50 units and the time between placing and receiving an order is 10 days.
Policy 2 : Order 200 units. The reorder point is 75 units and the time between placing and receiving an order is 15 days.
The setup cost per order is $20 , and the holding cost per unit per day is .02 cents.
(a) Which of the two policies should the company adopt based on Total Cost per Unit or TCU?