An automotive warehouse stocks a variety of parts that are sold at neighborhood stores. One particular part, a popular brand of oil filter, is purchased by the warehouse for $1.50 each. It is estimated that the cost of order processing and reciept is a $100 per order. The company uses an inventory carrying charge based on 28 percent annual interest rate.  The monthly demand for the filters follows a normal distribution with mean 280 and a standard deviation 77. Order lead time is assumed to be 5 months.  Assume that if a filter is demanded when the warehouse is out of stock, then the demand is back-ordered and the cost assessed for each back-ordered demand is $12.80. Determine the following quantities: a. The optimal values of the order quantity and the reorder level. b. The average annual cost of holding, setup, and stock-out associated with this item assuming that an optimal policy is used. c. Evaluate the cost of uncertanity for this process. That is, compare the average annual cost you obtained in part (b) with the average annual cost that would be incurred if the lead time demand had zero variances.

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An automotive warehouse stocks a variety of parts that are sold at neighborhood stores. One particular part, a popular brand of oil filter, is purchased by the warehouse for $1.50 each. It is estimated that the cost of order processing and reciept is a $100 per order. The company uses an inventory carrying charge based on 28 percent annual interest rate. 

The monthly demand for the filters follows a normal distribution with mean 280 and a standard deviation 77. Order lead time is assumed to be 5 months. 

Assume that if a filter is demanded when the warehouse is out of stock, then the demand is back-ordered and the cost assessed for each back-ordered demand is $12.80. Determine the following quantities:

a. The optimal values of the order quantity and the reorder level.

b. The average annual cost of holding, setup, and stock-out associated with this item assuming that an optimal policy is used.

c. Evaluate the cost of uncertanity for this process. That is, compare the average annual cost you obtained in part (b) with the average annual cost that would be incurred if the lead time demand had zero variances.

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