Question: Weekly demand for a cellphone at a major consumer electronics retail store is normally distributed with a mean of 250 and a standard deviation of
- Weekly demand for a cellphone at a major consumer electronics retail store is normally distributed with a mean of 250 and a standard deviation of 150. The store manager continuously monitors inventory and currently orders under EOQ policy each time the inventory drops to 600 cellphones. The retailers ordering cost is $2000 and its weekly holding cost is about $1 for each cellphone. The supplier of the cellphone takes two weeks to fill an order.
- How much safety inventory does the store carry? (5 points)
- What cycle service level does the store achieves as a result of this policy? (For calculating service levels, please feel free to use the Standard Normal Table (Z table) or use the formula NORMSDIST(z value) in Excel.) (10 points)
- What fill rate does the store achieve? (10 points)
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