A bookstore manages the inventory based on a continuous review system with the order quantity Q = 40, and the reorder point = 25. The lead time is 2 days without uncertainty. At the end of day 0, the inventory position = on-hand inventory = 40. The demand in the following five days is 7, 6, 9, 13, and 8, respectively. What is the inventory position at the end of day 5?    a. 22    b. 3    c. 43    d. 37

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A bookstore manages the inventory based on a continuous review system with the order quantity Q = 40, and the reorder point = 25. The lead time is 2 days without uncertainty. At the end of day 0, the inventory position = on-hand inventory = 40. The demand in the following five days is 7, 6, 9, 13, and 8, respectively. What is the inventory position at the end of day 5?

  

a. 22

  

b. 3

  

c. 43

  

d. 37

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