Question: You need to model an inventory problem for adates factory. Barakat Co . are gourmet qualitydates whole sellers. Barakat Co . imports dates fromdifferent countries.

You need to model an inventory problem for adates factory. Barakat Co. are gourmet qualitydates whole sellers. Barakat Co. imports dates fromdifferent countries. Orders from local customers arereceived daily. Around TRIA(1,2,3) orders receiveddaily. The quantities for each order areTRIA(30,50,100) kg. The current inventory is 1300kg. Every day a worker evaluates and count theinventory available. If the inventory is below 500kg, the sales department issue a request for a new shipment of dates. Each shipment takesseven days to arrive and has a load of 1000 kg of dates to replenish (refill) the inventory. Ifa customer order is smaller than available stock the customer collects what is available. Thefactory operates 6 days a week, 8 hours a day, a workday starts at 9:00 am. The companyhas four workers for this section of the company. The first two workers go to break at 12:00the remaining go to break at 1:00 pm only during this time for 45 minutes. The workers go toirregular unavoidable breaks for Norm(7,1.2) minutes every Expo(80) minutes even if they arebusy with work. Additional processes information are provided below:Process Duration (min) PrioritySimultaneous workers(needed the sametime)Prepare pack order NORM(33,7) oer order High 1Unload shipment NORM(110,30) per shipment Medium 4Check Storage NORM(40,5) per visit Low 1

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