Question: . Ltd trades in a certain perishable item. Each item costs Tsh . 1 , 5 0 0 / = and is sold at Tsh

. Ltd trades in a certain perishable item. Each item costs Tsh.1,500/= and is sold at Tsh.2,500/=. Any item not sold by the end by end of the day is disposed off for Tsh.1,000/=.
The company forecasts the following daily demand levels for the items: 20,000/=,30,000/=40,000/=,50,000/= and 60,000/=.
If the most likely demand is the Tsh.40,000/= item and that the demand for 20,000/= units is as half as likely; the demand for 30,000/= units is three quarters as likely. The demand for 50,000/= units is one quarter as likely and the demand for 60,000/= units is half as likely.
REQUIRED
(a) Use the EMV decision criterion to choose the optimal supply level
(b) Use the EOL criterion to choose the optimal supply level

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