A trading company has 2 outlets. It has data from the last 12 months of sales of its flagship product, and also with the sales data that had been forecast for each of the months. The supplier delivery time is known to be two months. If the company wants to maintain a service level (Cycle Service Level) of 97%, it determines the level of total safety inventory required if the company maintains a local safety inventory in each store. Round the value to the nearest integer.

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A trading company has 2 outlets. It has data from the last 12 months of sales of its flagship product, and also with the sales data that had been forecast for each of the months.

The supplier delivery time is known to be two months.

If the company wants to maintain a service level (Cycle Service Level) of 97%, it determines the level of total safety inventory required if the company maintains a local safety inventory in each store. Round the value to the nearest integer.

Demand
Observed demand
pronosticated
Month
T1
T2
T1
T2
1
1054
1462
1024
1376
2
752
1148
724
1152
3
1150
1562
1186
1570
4
1198
1562
1250
1618
5
994
1396
1044
1382
6
1022
1452
964
1364
7
962
1340
946
1314
8
1170
1578
1022
1546
9
774
1180
784
1204
10
914
1294
800
1376
11
988
1400
1020
1376
12
1122
1518
1052
1588
Transcribed Image Text:Demand Observed demand pronosticated Month T1 T2 T1 T2 1 1054 1462 1024 1376 2 752 1148 724 1152 3 1150 1562 1186 1570 4 1198 1562 1250 1618 5 994 1396 1044 1382 6 1022 1452 964 1364 7 962 1340 946 1314 8 1170 1578 1022 1546 9 774 1180 784 1204 10 914 1294 800 1376 11 988 1400 1020 1376 12 1122 1518 1052 1588
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