1)Background and Problem Statement

2) Objective of Study

3) Case Data / preliminary studies

please do the following requirement above for caae study 13.2

_CASE PROBLEM_13.2 38 11 12 13 41 37 16 56 The Texas Gladiators Apparel Store an estimate of the number of times a customer wanted a The Texas Gladiators won the Super Bowl last year. As a cap when it was not available but did not ask for it.) result, sportswear such as hats, sweatshirts, sweat- pants, and jackets with the Gladiator's logo are popular. Week Demand Week Demand Week Demand The Gladiators operate an apparel store outside the foot- 1 28 21 52 ball stadium. It is near a busy highway, so the store has 2 51 22 38 heavy customer traffic throughout the year, not just on 3 25 23 49 game days. In addition, the stadium has high school or 4 60 14 46 24 college football and soccer games almost every week in 46 the fall, and baseball games in the spring and summer. 5 35 15 45 25 47 The most popular single item the stadium store sells is a 6 42 26 41 red and silver baseball-style cap with the Gladiators' logo 7 29 17 62 27 39 on it. The cap has an elastic headband inside it, which 8 46 18 53 28 50 conforms to different head sizes. However, the store has 9 55 46 28 had a difficult time keeping the cap in stock, especially 10 19 20 41 34 during the time between the placement and receipt of an order. Often customers come to the store just for the hat: when it is not in stock, customers are upset, and the store The store purchases the hats from a small manufac- management believes they tend to go to other competing turing company in Jamaica. The shipments from Jamaica stores to purchase their Gladiators' clothing. To rectify are erratic, with a lead time of 20 days. this problem, the store manager, Jessica James, would In the past, Ms. James has placed an order whenever like to develop an inventory control policy that would the stock got down to 150 caps. What level of service does ensure that customers would be able to purchase the cap this reorder point correspond to? What would the reorder 99% of the time they asked for it. Jessica has accumu- point and safety stock need to be to achieve the desired lated the following demand data for the cap for a 30-week service level? Discuss how Jessica James might deter- period. (Demand includes actual sales plus a record of mine the order size of caps and what additional, if any. the times a cap has been requested but not available and information would be needed to determine the order size. 19 29 30 _CASE PROBLEM_13.2 38 11 12 13 41 37 16 56 The Texas Gladiators Apparel Store an estimate of the number of times a customer wanted a The Texas Gladiators won the Super Bowl last year. As a cap when it was not available but did not ask for it.) result, sportswear such as hats, sweatshirts, sweat- pants, and jackets with the Gladiator's logo are popular. Week Demand Week Demand Week Demand The Gladiators operate an apparel store outside the foot- 1 28 21 52 ball stadium. It is near a busy highway, so the store has 2 51 22 38 heavy customer traffic throughout the year, not just on 3 25 23 49 game days. In addition, the stadium has high school or 4 60 14 46 24 college football and soccer games almost every week in 46 the fall, and baseball games in the spring and summer. 5 35 15 45 25 47 The most popular single item the stadium store sells is a 6 42 26 41 red and silver baseball-style cap with the Gladiators' logo 7 29 17 62 27 39 on it. The cap has an elastic headband inside it, which 8 46 18 53 28 50 conforms to different head sizes. However, the store has 9 55 46 28 had a difficult time keeping the cap in stock, especially 10 19 20 41 34 during the time between the placement and receipt of an order. Often customers come to the store just for the hat: when it is not in stock, customers are upset, and the store The store purchases the hats from a small manufac- management believes they tend to go to other competing turing company in Jamaica. The shipments from Jamaica stores to purchase their Gladiators' clothing. To rectify are erratic, with a lead time of 20 days. this problem, the store manager, Jessica James, would In the past, Ms. James has placed an order whenever like to develop an inventory control policy that would the stock got down to 150 caps. What level of service does ensure that customers would be able to purchase the cap this reorder point correspond to? What would the reorder 99% of the time they asked for it. Jessica has accumu- point and safety stock need to be to achieve the desired lated the following demand data for the cap for a 30-week service level? Discuss how Jessica James might deter- period. (Demand includes actual sales plus a record of mine the order size of caps and what additional, if any. the times a cap has been requested but not available and information would be needed to determine the order size. 19 29 30