Chicago's Hard Rock Hotel distributes a mean of 900 bath towels per day to guests at the pool and in their rooms. This demand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 95 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 for z-values. X a) What is the reorder point? towels (round your response to the nearest whole number). b) What is the safety stock? towels (round your response to the nearest whole number). Z-Table
Chicago's Hard Rock Hotel distributes a mean of 900 bath towels per day to guests at the pool and in their rooms. This demand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 95 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 for z-values. X a) What is the reorder point? towels (round your response to the nearest whole number). b) What is the safety stock? towels (round your response to the nearest whole number). Z-Table
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Transcribed Image Text:Chicago's Hard Rock Hotel distributes a mean of 900 bath towels per day to guests at the pool and in their rooms. This demand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 95 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 for z-values.
towels (round your response to the nearest whole number).
X
a) What is the reorder point?
b) What is the safety stock?
towels (round your response to the nearest whole number).
Z-Table
Z
0.38
0.50
0.67
0.84
1.04
1.28
1.41
1.56
1.65
1.75
2.06
2.33
Print
Pr(Z)
65
69
75
80
85
90
92
94
95
96
98
99
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