Question: ( 1 6 . ) CheapBuy is an electronics retail chain selling Gateway netbooks. The demand for the Gateway netbook LT 2 0 at their

(16.) CheapBuy is an electronics retail chain selling Gateway netbooks. The demand for the Gateway netbook LT20 at their local store is normally distributed with a mean of 120 netbooks/week and standard larr deviation of 10 netbooks/week. CheapBuy orders netbooks from Gateway at unit cost of $180. The annual cost of carrying inventory at the store is 20% of the purchase cost per unit per year. It takes 2L weeks to receive a delivery. The store reviews and places an order at the start of each week. The firm wants to maintain a service level of 95%.
Given that the store uses the above periodic review inventory policy, which of the following statement is FALSE?
[Note: Safety stock is rounded up to the nearest whole number. Regarding z values, please find them in lecture slides.]
a. The z value associated with the 95% service level is 1.64. V
b. Safety stock is 29 netbooks. (1.641022)=23
c. The holding cost of safety stock is $5220.(180208)(1.64101+22)=
d. The lead time and review cycle are in total 3 weeks.
e. If the firm wishes to increase its service level, safety stock will increase as well.
 (16.) CheapBuy is an electronics retail chain selling Gateway netbooks. The

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