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Each week, a computer store sells an average of 100 sets of audio speakers. Weekly demand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4 sets. The store orders speakers from a national distributor. Each order is filled in two weeks. The cost of placing each order is $16, and the weekly cost of holding one set of speaker in inventory is $2. The per-unit stockout cost is assumed to be $4. The store is willing to assume that all demand is back-logged.
(a)(2)(b)(4)(c)(2)(d)(2)
(e)(4)(f)(5)
Determine a good size of order.
Determine a good reorder point.
What is the safety stock level?
If the new order is not always filled in one week, instead, the time for the new order to arrive has a mean of 1 week and standard deviation of 1 week. Determine a good size of order.
Continue part (d), determine a good reorder point.
If the weekly demand is increased from 100 to 400, how will your answers in parts (d) and (e) change?
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