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A distributor of large appliances needs to determine the order quantities and reorder points for the various products it carries. The following data refer to a specific refrigerator in its product line:

Cost to place an order $ 110
Holding cost 20 percent of product cost per year
Cost of refrigerator $ 500 each
Annual demand 720 refrigerators
Standard deviation during lead time 20 refrigerators
Lead time 10 days

Consider an even daily demand and a 365-day year.

a. What is the economic order quantity? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Economic order quantity refrigerators

b. If the distributor wants a 90 percent service probability, what reorder point, R, should be used? (Use Excel's NORMSINV() function to find the correct critical value for the given -level. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "z" value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Reorder point refrigerators

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