Question: Using the random variates given below, simulate the stated problem below for 8 weeks. MIDSQUARE MULTIPLICATIVE MIXED 1 0.9167 0.2181 0.2234 2 0.0338 0.0697 0.2711

Using the random variates given below, simulate the stated problem below for 8 weeks.

MIDSQUARE

MULTIPLICATIVE

MIXED

1

0.9167

0.2181

0.2234

2

0.0338

0.0697

0.2711

3

0.1142

0.5789

0.036

4

0.3041

0.4193

0.3373

5

0.2476

0.5141

0.4854

6

0.1305

0.0217

0.9651

7

0.703

0.8029

0.714

8

0.4209

0.7073

0.4233

9

0.7156

0.1701

0.6674

10

0.2083

0.2937

0.6991

A rural clinic receives a delivery of fresh plasma once each week from a central blood bank. The supply varies according to demand from the other clinics and hospitals in the region but ranges between four and nine pints of the most widely used blood type, type O. The number of patients per week requiring this blood varies from zero to four, and each patient may need from one to four pints. Given below are the delivery quantities, patient distribution, and demand per patient:

Delivery

Patients Needing Blood

Demand per Patient

Pints

Cum. Prob.

No. of Patients

Cum. Prob.

Pints

Cum. Prob.

4

5

6

7

8

9

0.15

0.35

0.60

0.75

0.90

1.00

0

1

2

3

4

0.25

0.50

0.80

0.95

1.00

1

2

3

4

0.40

0.70

0.90

1.00

Consider that plasma is storable and there is currently none on hand. Complete the given table.

Qty. Delivered

Patients Needing Blood

Demand

Wk No.

Beginning Inventory

RN (Midsquare)

Pints

Total Blood on-hand

RN (Multiplicative)

# of Patients

Patient

* RN (Mixed)

Pints

No. of Pints Remaining

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Total

* Tip: * Use RN only when there's a demand

  1. What would be the number of pints in excess or short for an eight-week period?
  2. What is the clinics service level? Is there a need to improve the clinics inventory of blood?
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