Question: ( 8 ) Consider the following demand distribution for a perishable product. The product costs $ 1 . 5 , sells for $ 3 .

(8) Consider the following demand distribution for a perishable product. The product
costs $1.5, sells for $3.6 and has a salvage value of $0.99.
(i) What is the expected profit if 40 units of the product are ordered? (10)
(ii) Complete the column for cumulative probability distribution and determine
the optimal order quantity? (15)
(9) ABC Chocolatiers place their orders for boxes of a Belgian brand of chocolate
every three weeks (twenty-one days). Lead time to shipment is FOUR days.
Daily demand is normally distributed with a mean of 20 boxes and a standard
deviation of six boxes; the company has a service/fulfillment policy of 97%. The
manager is about to place order for the next period: how many boxes should she
order if they currently have 78 boxes in the store?(10) If inventory turnover rate is 15, how long does it take on average for a
piece of inventory to sell? Assume 360 working days. (7)
(11) Calculate the inventory turnover rate given that the annual revenue is
$420,000; prices are set with a markup of 20% on cost. The beginning and
ending inventory were found to be $23,000 and $17,000 respectively. (10)
(12) A company has an annual sale of $500,000;80% of the sale is credit
sales. Beginning and ending accounts receivables are respectively $13,000 and
$19,000. What is the accounts receivable turnover ratio. (8)
(13) The following data is available for a company.
Other $5,000
(a) Calculate the single factor productivity for capital. (5)
(b) Calculate the multifactor productivity for labor, raw materials and energy.
(10)
(c) Calculate the overall productivity. (10)
 (8) Consider the following demand distribution for a perishable product. The

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