Question: A bakery operates 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and can produce cakes at the rate of 116 cakes per day. The bakery sets up the cake production operation and produces until a predetermined number (Q) have been produced. When not producing cakes, the bakery uses its personnel and facilities for producing other bakery items. The setup cost for a production run of cakes is $700. The cost of holding frozen cakes in storage is $9 per cake per year. The annual demand for frozen cakes is 6000 cakes. Determine the following:

1. Optimal production run quantity (Q)
2. Total annual inventory costs
3. Optimal number of production runs per year.
4. Optimal cycle time (time between run starts)
5. Run length in working days.

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