Question: Problem 3 : 2 0 points A local store ( ToolsAreUs ) carries a popular power drill that is imported from Japan. Because of where

Problem 3: 20 points
A local store (ToolsAreUs) carries a popular power drill that is imported from Japan. Because of where the drill is produced, there is a long lead-time of 6 months for this product. The lead-time demand is Normally distributed with a mean of 500 units and a standard deviation of 100 units. The drill costs ToolsAreUs $30/unit and they use a 35% interest rate to estimate holding cost/unit/year. Ordering and shipping costs/order are estimated to be $750. The long delivery lead-time causes the ToolsAreUs to frequently not have the product on hand when a customer needs it. ToolsAreUs knows that is costly to them to not have the item for immediate delivery to their customers. They have decided that a (Q,R) inventory policy makes the most sense for this random demand situation, but they really have no idea how to estimate the penalty cost of a late item. So, ToolsAreUs has decided that they want at least 98% of the orders to be filled from stock, that is they want no more than 2% of each order quantity to be delayed (back-ordered). Their manufacturing engineering intern calls this "Type 2 service" based on her MANE 4331 coursework. What are the (Q,R) values to be used for ordering this drill? Hint: Use the EOQ as Q , to find Q0, R0, and attempt a second iterations, i.e. do an iteration to find Q1 and R1.
 Problem 3: 20 points A local store (ToolsAreUs) carries a popular

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