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Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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Chicago's Hard Rock Hotel distributes a mean of 1,200 bath towels per day to guests at the pool and in their rooms. This demand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 100 towels per day, based on occupancy. The laundry firm that has the linen contract requires a 3-day lead time. The hotel expects a 99% service level to satisfy high guest expectations. Refer to the standard normal table

Z	Pr(Z)
0.38	65
0.50	69
0.67	75
0.84	80
1.04	85
1.28	90
1.41	92
1.56	94
1.65	95
1.75	96
2.06	98
2.33	99

a) What is the reorder point?

b) What is the safety stock?

enter your response here towels (round your response to the nearest whole number).

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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