Question: Q2. All facts from Q1 remain the same except now Supplier A due to a labor strike requires 3 weeks to send the order from

Q2. All facts from Q1 remain the same except now
Q2. All facts from Q1 remain the same except now
Q2. All facts from Q1 remain the same except now
Q2. All facts from Q1 remain the same except now
Q2. All facts from Q1 remain the same except now Supplier A due to a labor strike requires 3 weeks to send the order from the time the order is placed. Assume that there are 48 weeks in a year and answer the following question: 2A. When will you place an order for jackets? Why? Show your calculation. (4 pts) 8 Page 2 of 5 W P (A) Q3. Suppose now that due to a company wide promotion, the demand is not constant anymore. Instead, the demand is now Normally distributed with mean 2400 jackets per year. The standard deviation of yearly demand is 400 jackets. Supplier A still needs 3 weeks to deliver the order. Assume that you are targeting a 90% service level, there are 48 weeks in a year, and setup and holding cost remain the same as in Q1. Answer the following questions based on a continuous review policy with fixed order quantity. 3A. What is the mean of the lead time demand? Show your calculations (2 pts) 3B. What is the standard deviation of the lead time demand? Show your calculations (3 pts) 3C. What is the safety stock? Show your calculations. (2 pts) 3D. When will you place an order for jackets? Show your calculations. (2 pts) 3E. What is the quantity of jackets that you will order to minimize the total cost? (1 pt) Q4. Suppose now that the lead time demand is discrete. Using historical lead time demand data, you find that the lead time demand has the following demand distribution Lead Time demand Freq. 110 1 120 130 140 150 160 170 5 15 17 8 3 1 Supplier A still needs 3 weeks to deliver the order. Assume that you are targeting a 90% service level, there are 48 weeks in a year, setup and holding cost remain the same as in Q1, and you use a continuous review policy with fixed order quantity. Answer the following questions. (Hint: See the calculations for Practice Problem 7 in these slides) NOTE: There is a question on the next page as well. 4A. When will you place an order for jackets? Show your calculations. (10 Pts) Q1. Let's say you work at The North Face retail store, and you have the following facts. Demand for jackets is constant and is equal to 2400 jackets per year. You can purchase jackets from a supplier named Supplier A at $400 per jacket. Every time you place an order, you incur $1500. You receive the jackets as soon as you place an order for jackets with Supplier A. Holding Cost to keep a jacket in the retail store is 20% of the jacket cost. Answer the following questions based on the above facts. 1A. When will you place an order for jackets? Why? (2 pts) 18. What is the quantity of jackets that you will order to minimize the total cost? Show your calculations. (3) pts) 1C. What is the minimum total cost that you can achieve? Show your calculations. (3 pts) Page 1 of 5

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