Question: Weekly demand for a product is normally distributed with a mean of 124 and a standard deviation of 43. Demands are independent across weeks. Orders

Weekly demand for a product is normally distributed with a mean of 124 and a standard deviation of 43. Demands are independent across weeks. Orders are placed weekly and the lead time to receive an order is 2 weeks. The company wants to hold enough product to ensure a 98.5% in-stock probability. If they use an order up-to model, what base stock level should they implement? (report your answer as an integer)

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