In Example 5.8, suppose the lead time is reduced from 1 week to 4 days. What R
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In Example 5.8, suppose the lead time is reduced from 1 week to 4 days.
What R should be used? What would the resulting safety stock be?
Example 5.8 A retail outlet orders item A1 from a regional DC. The item costs $100 per unit, the order cost is $1000 per order, and the discount rate used for holding is 25%. In addition, it is desired that the service level is 95%. Annual demand for the item is normally distributed with a mean of 4000 and standard deviation of 1200. Replenishment lead time is 1 week. The outlet wishes to develop the (Q, R) model using the EOQ.
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Service Systems Engineering And Management
ISBN: 978-0367781323
1st Edition
Authors: A. Ravi Ravindran ,Paul M. Griffin ,Vittaldas V. Prabhu
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