economic order quantity
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Economic order quantity (EOQ)
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Economic Order Quantity
The number of orders a brokerage receives and must fill that minimizes its obligation to keep inventory. The economic order quantity reduces the brokerage's costs to the least possible level.
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economic order quantity
see STOCKHOLDING ( INVENTORY) COSTS.Collins Dictionary of Economics, 4th ed. © C. Pass, B. Lowes, L. Davies 2005